Constitution Applied Flashcards
Impeachment
House of Repr can vote on article of impeachment for pres who have broken the law
- Bill Clinton: immoral beh affair with colleague
- Bill Nixson: wire tapping
- Trump twice
Sandy Hooks Shooting
school shooting where many kids died
Obama wanted gun control
- cry during speech
Had a lot of republicans in office
= gridlock from too many checks and balances
Brett Kavanaugh
Me too movement
Trump and Republicans appointed
for SC
a woman accused him of SA as teen
Still appointed him due to party leadership
Obama and Trump with SC
At the end of his last term, Obama wanted to appoint Garland for SC but was denied as it was almost Trump’s time
But when Trump tried, 4 yrs later he was successful as party had lot of republicans
bending the rules to suit their own party
undermines checks & balances
Growth in Pres Powers
foreign policy
- Trump’s assassination attempt of Iranian general
SC appointments
- appointed 3 SC justices = become too political
