Exam 7: The Removal Power, Party Patronage, and the Unitary Executive

George Washington assertively used his power to remove government administrators when he did not approve of their political allegiances.

After the Pendleton Act, presidential usage of the removal power effectively ended.

Which of the following presidential scandals reflected the controversial nature of the unitary executive theory?

Which of the following organizations played a significant role in the intellectual resurgence of the unitary executive theory during the Reagan and, later, George W. Bush eras?

What Supreme Court case found that Congress could, in some situations, limit the president's removal authority?

What law helped create a neutral bureaucracy and minimize patronage?

The Supreme Court's ruling in Weiner v. United States settled the debate over the president's removal power.

The Reagan administration viewed the statute that created the Office of the Independent Counsel as an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority.

The Reagan administration was completely successful in its legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985.

What is the name of the theory that Justice Scalia invoked in Morrison v. Olson when he argued that congressional restrictions on the president's removal power were unconstitutional?