The number of political appointments available to the president
A) is constrained by the civil service system.
B) puts the president in charge of deciding which individuals will occupy more than fifty thousand jobs in government.
C) allows the president to appoint a majority of the civilian appointments in the bureaucracy.
D) is confined mainly to the military.
E) has been dramatically limited by the use of the constitutional amendment process.

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The civil service system limits the number of political appointments the president can make, as most government jobs are filled through a merit-based system rather than presidential appointment.

The Number of Political Appointments Available to the President