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Witnesses who do not tell the truth can be prosecuted for:
a) Impeachment
b) Impoundment
c) Perjury
d) Contempt

This power allows Congress to check on how the executive branch is administering the law:
a) Impoundment
b) Legislative oversight
c) Immunity
d) Impeachment

This member of President Reagan's National Security Council was granted immunity:
a) Richard Nixon
b) Joseph McCarthy
c) Sam Ervin
d) Oliver North

A good example of the constitutional principle of checks and balances is:
a) Legislative oversight
b) Writ of habeas corpus
c) Impoundment
d) Immunity

In its decision in Watkins v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that:
a) Witnesses could be compelled to give evidence against themselves
b) First amendment rights did not apply to congressional witnesses
c) A person could refuse to release documents to congressional committees
d) Witnesses could not be compelled to give evidence against themselves

A legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents:
a) Subpoena
b) Legislative oversight
c) Contempt
d) Immunity

Willful obstruction or refusing to testify before Congress or a court:
a) Subpoena
b) Contempt
c) Immunity
d) Perjury

Freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts:
a) Immunity
b) Subpeona
c) Contempt
d) Impeachment

These congressional committees may conduct investigations:
a) Sedition and Insurrection
b) Appropriations and authorization
c) Conference and joint
d) Standing and select

Lying under oath:
a) Contempt
b) Perjury
c) Subpoena
d) Immunity

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