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Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: KimWrice on Sep 27, 2021

Title: Under what circumstance are bureaucrats most likely to exercise administrative discretion?
Post by: KimWrice on Sep 27, 2021

Question 1

Under the spoils system, who was awarded jobs in the federal bureaucracy?
◦ those who scored highest on aptitude tests
◦ those who did not affiliate with a political party
◦ those who previously served in the military
◦ those who helped candidates win election

Question 2

Under what circumstance are bureaucrats most likely to exercise administrative discretion?
◦ when an agency is creating environmental regulations
◦ when an agency is under congressional investigation
◦ when an agency is implementing rules that do not quite fit a particular case when an agency is proposing legislation

Title: Under what circumstance are bureaucrats most likely to exercise administrative discretion?
Post by: fauacakatahaias on Sep 27, 2021

Answer 1

those who helped candidates win election

Answer 2

when an agency is implementing rules that do not quite fit a particular case when an agency is proposing legislation

Title: Re: Under what circumstance are bureaucrats most likely to exercise administrative discretion?
Post by: kylemcp on Jul 2, 2022

thank you!