FRQ (10/29/2024)

Question 1

Article 1: President

What is the Bully Pulpit?

Answer 1

A bully pulpit is a conspicuous position ( a position that stands out) that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. This term was coined by United States President Theodore Roosevelt,

Question 2

Article 1: President

What are the formal powers that the President has

Answer 2

Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes and Foreign Policy

Question 3

Article 1: Presidents

What are the informal powers that the president has

Answer 3

Bargaining and Persuasion and Signing Statements

Question 4

Article 3: Judicial Branch

What is the role of the Judicial Branch

Answer 4

The Judicial Branch…
Decides the constitutionality of federal laws AND resolves other disputes about federal Laws

AND

They interpret the meaning of laws

Question 5

Article 2: Congress

What is the role of Congress:

Answer 5

Congress…
Oversees power to investigate bureaucratic agencies AND they enact laws

Question 6

Bureaucracy

What is the Bureaucracy apart of?

Answer 6

The Bureaucracy is apart of the Legislative Branch

Question 7

Bureaucracy

What is the Bureaucracy?

Answer 7

In summary, bureaucracy is a management system that emphasizes structured organization with well-defined authority and positions that handles the day-to-day business of a government.

Question 8

Bureaucracy

What is Bureaucracy’s role in Government?

Answer 8

implement laws, make and enforce rules when legislative prescriptions are vague, and settle disputes (as courts would) through administrative adjudication.

Question 9

Who passes laws?

Answer 9

Congress

Question 10

How are laws carried out?

Answer 10

If a bill has passed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has been approved by the President, or if a presidential veto has been overridden, the bill becomes a law and is enforced by the government.

Question 11

Article 1: President

What are Signing Statements

Answer 11

A signing statement is when a bill is signed into law but interpreted by the president differently then originally intended by Congress. In this way the president controls the legislative process. These signing statements often go unchecked

Question 12

How are laws created?

Answer 12

The bill has to be voted on by both houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. If they both vote for the bill to become a law, the bill is sent to the President of the United States. He or she can choose whether or not to sign the bill. If the President signs the bill, it becomes a law.

Question 13

What is Partition Control?

Question 14

How are bills passed?

Question 15

How are bills created?

Question 16

How are bills carried out?

Question 17

Article 1: President

Explain the 2 formal powers:

Answer 17

Foreign Policy: where both formal (Commander in chief and treaties) and informal (executive agreements) powers that influence relations which foreign nations

Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: formal powers that enable the president to check Congress

Question 18

Article 1: President

Explain the 2 informal powers:

Answer 18

Bargaining and Persuasion: Informal Powers that enable the President to secure Congressional action

Signing Statements: Informal power that informs Congress and the public of the President’s interpretation of laws passed by Congress and signed by the President