3.3- the presidency

Question 1

give examples of when the presidents position as commander in chief has allowed them to deploy armed forced

Answer 1

• iraq war
• invasion of afganisan (bush)

Question 2

give 2 presidents who went against the 1973 WPA

Answer 2

Obama (in Libya) and Clinton (in Kosovo)
argued air strikes were not covered by the act

Question 3

What SC case established the president as the main actor in foreign policy

Answer 3

US vs Curtis Wright

Question 4

Give an example of where a president has implemented executive action to override legislation

Answer 4

Obama implemented DAPA and DACA after the dream act failed to break the filibuster

Question 5

give an example of when a president engaged in a sole executive agreement

Answer 5

• biden re-joined the paris agreement
• Donald trump created the USMCA to replace NAFTA

Question 6

how many executive agreements did bush sign in his 2 terms

Answer 6

300

Question 7

What is an act that limits the president’s power to appropriate funding

Answer 7

1974 Impoundment Control Act- prevents the president from delaying or withholding funds that Congress has already appropriated

Question 8

Give an example of when the Senate’s power to ratify presidential appointments was significant

Answer 8

2016- a republican senate refused to hear obamas Supreme Court appointment (Merrick garland)

Question 9

Give an example of when the supreme courts power of judicial review acted as a restraint on the president

Answer 9

US vs Nixon
ruled that Nixon had to deliver tape recordings related to the watergate scandal , set a precedent that executive privilege cannot be used for immunity from Sopeana or other civil court actions

Question 10

Give an example of Trump struggling to pass legislation

Answer 10

• he tried to remove ACA but failed due to a democrat senate
• after the midterms, he tried to introduce the AHCA but withdrew due to a lack of support from centrist Republicans

Question 11

how many judges were appointed by Donald Trump

Answer 11

816 judges, 3 justices

Question 12

What was an act that delegated more foreign policy power to the president?

Answer 12

Authorisation for the Use of military force act 2001- grants the use of military force against individuals believed to be involvedin the 9/11 attacks

Question 13

give an example of where the Senate has passed joint resolutions against an executive order and it has been vetoed

Answer 13

2018- Congress passed a joint resolution to end the national emergency that Trump declared at the border.
Trump vetoed this.

Question 14

Give an example of when Congress passed an act to stop spending

Answer 14

Congress passed the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act to block transfers to Guantanamo Bay for the release of detainees

Question 15

Give an example of a presidential shutdown

Answer 15

Trump said he would veto any legislation that did not include $ 25 million for the border.

No appropriations were made in time, leading to a 35-day government shutdown- he then had to accept less.

Question 16

what is the WPA?

Answer 16

• president must notify congress within 48 hours of depoloying armed forces
• armed forces can remain for 60 days before needing congressional approval

Question 17

how many oversight hearings did george bush have?

Answer 17

37

Question 18

when has the 2001 authorisation for use of military force act been used?

Answer 18

• invasion of afganistan
• iraq war
• anti isis operations by both obama and trump

Question 19

give an example of a treaty blocked by congress.

Answer 19

the comprehensive test ban treaty 1996
voted against 51-48

Question 20

give an example of when congress withdrew funding to end a war.

Answer 20

• case church ammendment, used to withdraw funding from the vietnam war

Question 21

give an example of when congress set limits on how funding could be spent in order to prevent military opperations.

Answer 21

• congress passed a joint resolution to specificy that funding for the 1975 Angola war could only be used for intelligence gathering

Question 22

give an example of key failures under the bush administration.

Answer 22

• wide criticim over his handling of the F.C
• failed to pass social security reforms due to a lack of congressional support
• human rights issues with the iraq war

Question 23

what are the ‘theories’ of the presidency?

Answer 23

• imperial: exec agreements and orders, military action, signing statements
• imperiled presidency: reliance on powers of persuasion, need for compromise, powerful congress persons
• dual presidence

Question 24

give an example of the imperriled presidency.

Answer 24

• bush failed to pass national security reform in 2005
• biden failed to pass the build back better act due to opposition by joe manchin