One of the criticisms of Ronald Reagan's presidency was?
A) the pardoning of Richard Nixon
B) the Watergate scandal
C) too much deficit spending
D) the impeachment controversy

The correct answer is C. One of the criticisms of Ronald Reagan's presidency was too much deficit spending.

Explanation:

Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. As president, Reagan faced a political shift. His neoclassical economic policy, "Reaganomics", sought to reduce the tax rate to create economic growth, control the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulate business and reduce public budgets. Inflation, which had become a major problem during the second half of the 1970s, was stifled early in Reagan's first period. But on the other hand, large spending on the upgrading, as well as the fact that Congress failed to implement promised cuts in other parts of the budget, led to the federal budget deficit exploding.

citizens united v. federal election commission, case in which the u.s. supreme court on january 21, 2010, ruled (5–4) that laws that prevented corporations and unions from using their general treasury funds for independent “electioneering communications” (political advertising) violated the first amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. in so doing the court invalidated section 203 of the federal bipartisan campaign reform act of 2002 (bcra)—also known as the mccain-feingold act for its sponsors, sen. john mccain and sen. russ feingold—as well as section 441(b) of the federal election campaign act of 1971 (feca), which the bcra had amended. the court also overturned in whole or in part two previous supreme court rulings: austin v. michigan chamber of commerce (1990) and mcconnell v. federal election commission (2003).

immediately perceived as historically important, the decision generated intense controversy outside the court. some hailed it as a resounding victory for freedom of speech, while others criticized it as an overreaching attempt to rewrite campaign finance law. among the critics was pres. barack obama, who remarked in his state of the union address in the house of representatives one week later that the decision would “open the floodgates for special interests…to spend without limit in our elections.” his criticism provoked one of the supreme court justices in attendance, samuel a. alito, to break decorum by mouthing the words “not true.”

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