Joe Biden Examples Flashcards
Give two examples of how Biden personal qualities made him a more effective president
served 36 years in senate
had strong interpersonal skills
Give 2 examples of how biden qualities made him more electable
Liberal not too right or left wing
Strong support from aa voters
Give 2 examples of how biden qualities made him not very electable
strongly pro israel
very old - 81
things biden inherited making things more challenging
Jan 6th weakened his mandate
Covid with its economic consequences
2 examples of how events not to do with him helped his presidency
Jan 6th allowed him to “save democracy”
Covid vaccines meant his response didn’t have to be as bad
Two examples of how events not to do with him didn’t help his presidency
Oct 7th
Russia v Ukraine
Who is Ron Klain?
Chief of staff and coordinator for covid response
Who is jen psaki and marine jean pierre
Press secretaries - psaki received better ratings than Pierre
who is mike donilon
advisor since 1981, shaped policy
who is jen o marley dillon
Ran campaign and deputy chief of staff
who is neera tanden
left office of management and budget due to lack of support, director of domestic policy council
new exop office
2023 white house office of gun violence protection
2 examples of executive power
2023 american climate corps
Not giving harris much power
1 example of limits to executive power
agents from homeland security from trump era resisted immigration policies
2 examples of executive orders
reversed trump eos inc ban on transgender military personnel
imposed travel ban to limit covid cases
challenges to presidential power of executive ordersu
DACA being removed by a federal texan judge
Biden v nebraska overturning biden forgiving student loans
2 examples of cabinet members chosen for expertise
Anthony blinkin as secretary of state
lloyd austin as secretary of defense
2 examples of cabinet selected for political reward
merrick garland as attorney general
pete buttigieg as secretary of transportation
2 examples of cabinet diversity hires
buttigieg is openly gay
african american Marcia Fudge
few bipartisan votes no,inaction
Deb Haaland
second cabinet member to be impeached
Alejandro Mayorkas
cabinet secretary for homeland security
failure to protect immigration from mtg
thrown out in senate for no high crimes or misdemeanours
Give 3 exmaples of events that suggest the constitution is in need of updating
-Impeachment being used for performative purposes
-Criminals can be presidential candidates
-Lack fo accountability and ethics codes for judges
Give an example of how the constitution has been changed by SCOTUS
Dobbs v Jackson
Give an example of how the constitution changed by statute law
Electoral count reform act 2022 clarified the rules aorund the VP counting ballots and the threshold needed for states to object to an election count
Give an example of how the constitution has been changed through congressional procedure
speaker only needs one person to call a motion to vacate
give an example of convention changes
peopehave started rejecting supreme court nominees
3 partisan challenges to biden
-2020-2022 democrats only have a majoiryt of aorund 10
-2022 republicans win the house
-Senate has been split 50-50
3 examples of factionalism within congress
-moderate wing of both parties has shrank
-maga movement has made republicans harder to work with
-conservative democrats have made it hard to legislate (joe manchin)
how have democrat party leaders helped biden
Helped run groups of emocrats to support key legislation such as the American Rescue Plan
How have republcian party eladers helped biden
Republicna speakers have worked with biden to prevent governemtn shut downs such as the passing of the budget in 2023
5 examples of bidens legislative successs
american rescue plan
infrastrucutre and housing act
inflationr eduction act
chips and science act
bipartisan safer communities act
3 examples of bidens legislative failures
filibuster reform plans
American families plan
Bipartisan immigration bill
3 people who created isues for bidens legislation
joe manchin Kyrsten Sinema Mike Johnson
How many vetoes biden used
12
how many veotes overturned
0
5 foreign policy successes
edning arms sails to saudi arabia
reversing isolationsim
securing funds for israel
avoidning issues in taiwan
imposing sanctions on russia
5 fialures of foreign policy
-didnt consult congress on iranian air srtikes
afghan govenrment collapsed
massive death toll in gaza
shot down a spy chinese balloon
Republican objections to ukraine aid
Who did biden put on the court
Ketanji Brown Jackson
why did bidens nominee not relaly matter
replacing a liberal with a liberal
trump appointed judge question
ailleen cannon
drug question
mifepristone
blocked forgiveness of student loans
Biden v Nebraska
reversal of stare decisis
dobbs v jackson
reversal of major questions doctrine
west virginia v epa
upheld the rights of people to have religious observance in public
kennedy v bremerton school district
cancelled new york law
new york state rifle and pistol association v bruen
which pressure group caused issues
federalist society
2 scandals in the scotus
samuel alitos wife
clarence thomas having links to jan 6th
how can judiciary influence voting behaviour
thiniing about who candidates would appoint
5 examples of unprotected rights
14 states with neat total abortion bans
36 states with voter id laws
nsa can search foreigners without a warrant
death penalty ahs icnreased
ivf and gay marriage are under threat
courtrefusal to hear complaints of 202 election
texas v pennsylvania
result of georgia run off elections
gave democrats control of the senate
result of 2022 midterm senates
democrats didnt lose any incumbent senators
republcian candidate with national coverage
ron de santis
money on biden
1 billion
pressure group spending 120 million
league of conservative voters
hawaii ballot
protecting same sex marriage
florida ballot
enshrining right to hunt and fish
maryland ballot
enshrining right to reproductive rights
3 ways biden expanded the role of federal government
america resuce plan
infrastructure investment and jobs act
build back better vision
3 ays states have gotten back power
opposition to mask mandates
supreme court returning power to states
many states declaring themselves second amendemnt sanctuary states
