What impact does length of time in office have on the relationship between the president and the legislature

it has a strong effect. The president and the Congress experience a kind of honeymoon if the popularity of the president is high after the election. The so called "honeymoon" period can be very productive.

Explanation: When a president's popularity tends to be highest right after an election. The president's love affair with the people and with Congress can be consummated. Franklin Delano Roosvelt enjoyed a honeymoon in his first 100 days. From March to June 1933, FDR obtained from a willing Congress a vast array of new laws creating new agencies and authorizing new powers. But that was also because America was in one of the worst depressions ever.

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.