Author Question: Which of the following statements represents an informal method used to adapt the Constitution? ... (Read 10 times)

B · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Which of the following statements represents an informal method used to adapt the Constitution?

A) The Supreme Court creates a specialized court to review requests for wiretapping suspected terrorists.
B) The Supreme Court makes recess appointments to lower federal courts when the president delays confirmation of appointees.
C) The president delegates to a federal agency the power to write regulations.
D) Congress suspends civil liberties in a time of war.
E) Congress passes a law that regulates business conducted between different states because of the commerce clause.

Question 2

Informal methods of changing the U.S. Constitution include

A) decisions of state courts, judicial activism, and presidential action.
B) congressional legislation, judicial review, and presidential action.
C) acts of international legislatures, stare decisis, and presidential action.
D) stare decisis, referendums, and judicial review.
E) ad hoc juries, judicial review, and bureaucratic action.