7. multiple choice Flashcards
What is one reason presidential power has grown since the nineteenth century?
The presidency is characterized by unitary rather than collective decision-making processes
The framers designed a republican scheme of presidential selection through an indirect election, in which state legislators would select electors to participate in the …
Electoral College
Which of the following statements best explains the framers’ intent regarding presidential power?
They sought to reduce the power of the president by denying him or her a political base of support independent of Congress and the state legislatures
What 1830s innovation strengthened the presidency?
the introduction of the national convention system for nominating presidential candidates
The American presidency was established by …
Article II of the Constitution
What are the powers specifically granted to the president in the text of the Constitution called?
expressed powers
Which of the following is one of the president’s expressed powers?
nominate federal judges
Who has the highest military authority in the United States?
the president
Which presidential powers are not expressed in the Constitution but stem from the “rights, duties, and obligations of the presidency,” especially during wartime or national emergencies?
inherent powers
The American president exercises a measure of judicial authority through the power to …
grant reprieves and pardons
When President Jimmy Carter declared official legal forgiveness for all the draft evaders of the Vietnam War, he was said to have granted …
amnesty
In 1793, President George Washington received Edmond Genet as the formal emissary of the revolutionary government of France in 1793, setting a precedent for the presidential power to …
recognize other countries
Which term describes an understanding between the president and another country that has the force of a treaty but does not require Senate authorization?
executive agreement
How are appointments to the federal judiciary made?
by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate
The scope of executive privilege was clarified in the court case …
United States v. Nixon
When President George W. Bush refused to release information about warrantless wiretaps in the CIA leak case, he did so by invoking …
executive privilege
President George W. Bush argued that Congress could not block warrantless wiretapping because any such law required too much congressional involvement with executive agencies. This argument was based on what theory of presidential power?
theory of the unitary executive
How can Congress override a presidential veto?
by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate
If the president vetoes a bill …
the veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate
When the president exercises a(n) __________ veto, congress is unable to override the veto and must reintroduce the bill in the next session.
Which of the following is true of the line-item veto power for the president?
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution does not authorize the line-item veto
Though the veto is regarded as one of the president’s most formidable powers, it is used relatively rarely. This use is likely because …
legislators will alter the content of a bill to make it more to a president’s liking in order to preempt a veto
When a President bargains with Congress while threatening a veto, s/he can gain a strategic advantage by …
misrepresenting his or her policy views as very extreme
Occasionally the president weighs the advantages of using a veto to gain policy concessions from Congress against the potential costs of losing popularity in public opinion polls. This scenario is an example of which principle of politics?
rationality principle
The powers given to the president by Congress are called …
delegated powers
Which of the following is one reason Congress has delegated more authority to the executive branch?
The expansion of governmental activity since the New Deal has made it difficult for Congress to execute and administer the programs it passes
Defining the mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as being “to assure so far as is possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions” exemplifies the tendency of Congress to …
define broad goals for agencies and allow administrators to decide how to achieve them
If a president claims the power to take an action not enumerated in the Constitution, like suspending the writ of habeas corpus, she or he probably does so by claiming that this action is justified by the president’s __________ powers.
inherent
The Constitution grants the power to declare war to …
Congress
