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- What is the most amount of years a president can serve in office?
- Which of the following statements about presidential declarations of national emergency is not accurate?a) Presidents can declare a state of national emergency only in response to foreign threats and with the approval of Congress.b) Once the president has declared a state of national emergency, constitutional rights, including the right of habeas corpus, may be temporarily suspended.c) A declaration of national emergency in response to foreign threats allows the president to embargo trade, seize foreign assets, and prohibit transactions with whatever foreign nations are involved.d) Declarations of national emergency expire one year after they are issued unless they are renewed by the president.e) Congress may, by a joint resolution of the two houses, terminate a declaration of national emergency.
- Which president(s) were impeached, convicted, and removed from office?
- The president uses the power of chief diplomat to negotiate treaties with advice and consent of
- The president's power to remove executive appointees is an example ofa) an expressed power.b) an implied power.c) a delegated power.d) an inherent power.e) a legislative power.
- Which organization provides staff assistance for the chief executive, helps coordinate the executive bureaucracy, and contains office such as the Office of the Vice President and the White House Office?
- Who are the next two people inline for the presidency if the president and vice president resigned or died in office.
- Who holds the trial for the impeachment and determines whether that person is guilty?
- What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Nixon?a) Nixon had to turn his secret White House tapes over to congressional investigators because presidents do not have the power of executive privilege.b) Nixon did not have to turn his secret White House tapes over to congressional investigators because, in general, presidents have the power of executive privilege.c) Nixon had to turn his secret White House tapes over to congressional investigators but, in general, presidents have the power of executive privilege.d) Nixon did not have to turn his secret White House tapes over to congressional investigators but, in general, presidents do not have the power of executive privilege.e) All presidents are immune from criminal investigations and cannot, therefore, be tried in any court of law.
- What is it called when the citizens vote on the candidate they'd like to see in office?
- What is the role of the president as the head of state?
- Who actually determines who will be President of the United States?
- The ability of the president to hire certain positions such as cabinet heads and federal judges come from
- What is the purpose of the executive branch. ( The legislative branch was made to make laws, so the executive branch was made to?)
- What is the role of the president as the head of the executive branch?
- Which of the following does not require the Senate's approval?a) sole executive agreementb) a treatyc) an appointment of an ambassadord) a Supreme Court nominatione) an appointment of an executive officer
- If Congress presents a tax bill to the president and he perceives portions of the bill to be unconstitutional, he can still sign the bill, but highlight sections he believes are unconstitutional. This is an example of a
- What is the role of the president as a representative of the people?
- _________________________-met in May 1787 in Philadelphia to improve the Articles of Confederation
- Who was the first Vice President born as U.S. citizen?