In what became known as the Iran- Contra Affair, why was it an issue that the US government sold arms/weapons to Iran, and used the proceeds from that sale to fund anti- communist rebels in Nicaragua? a. Congress had embargoed the sale of arms to Iran, and limited US assistance to the Nicaraguan Contras- both actions were illegal
b. Arms/weapons were outlawed by the Geneva Convention as weapons of mass destruction
c. US Congress had expressly approved support for the anti-communist regime in Nicaragua
d. The UN had banned the United States from trading with Iran after the Iranian Hostage Crisis and stated it was against UN regulations to support known drug traffickers

a. Congress had embargoed the sale of arms to Iran, and limited US assistance to the Nicaraguan Contras- both actions were illegal

Explanation:

NSC and CIA did covert operations that were so developed that they made sure to work behind congress,and use the executive government and actors to use their plans and make it into real policy.

increases in demand are shown by a shift to the right in the demand curve. this could be caused by a number of factors, including a rise in income, a rise in the price of a substitute or a fall in the price of a complement.

which the answer is:

b

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is