It is controversial because the President can pardon anyone! Take Nixon and Goldwater for example. Nixon was convicted of spying on th opposite party. Nixon stepped down, but was still charged. When Goldwater became president, he pardoned Nixon of all of his charges which caused a huge uproar. That's fair, right?
B. Because even with many issues that plagued the Roman Empire economically and politically, By the later years of the empire the Roman military was mainly comprised of trained Barbarian soliders who were inferior to earlier Roman soliders causing a significant decrease in the Roman Empires's Military capablities so many barbarian tribes that began to grow such as the Huns, Vandals, Goth etc. Put immense pressure on the Empire, driving them into the ground economically and causing many issues within the government and eventually being sacked, thus marking the end of the Roman Empire. Sorry for the wall of text but hope this helped :)
Austrian Empire controlled the city of Venice before the Unification of Italy.
Interest groups are groups formed by citizens in order to influence public opinion and policy. They are common in most democratic systems, including that of the United States. These groups often employ methods such as lobbying, media campaigns, polls and propaganda in order to achieve their goals.
An example of such a group is the Christian Coalition, which promotes traditional, conservative Christian values. Another example is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which fights for equal rights for African Americans. These groups are similar in that they both want to influence public policy, but they are different in their goals, their methods and their level of influence.
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the answer is d I'm pretty sure