Paper 3

Question 1

Fiscal Responsibilty Act 2023

Answer 1

Raised the debt ceiling
Biden threatened veto beforehand if the legislation would include spending cuts

Question 2

Marbury Vs Madison 1803

Answer 2

First case where the Court struck down Congress law

Question 3

Fletcher vs Peck 1810

Answer 3

First case to strike down state law due to unconstitutional

Question 4

Process of SCOTUS Appointments

Answer 4

Vacancy
Search for a nomination - Interest groups recently taken a role (Federalist society for Cons and American Constitution Society for Libs)
Pres announces the nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee - only a recommendation vote
Confirmation vote - actual vote in senate

Question 5

Appointment that was controversial

Answer 5

Kavanuagh - accused of sexual assault - exploded during questioning - CA: Still got in narrowly - 50-48 in Senate

Question 6

Shelby vs County

Answer 6

Gave discriminatory powers back to the states on who they could allow to vote

Question 7

Alabama case

Answer 7

Gerrymandering

Question 8

New York vs Bruen

Answer 8

Gave power back to the state over gun carrying legislation and powers

Question 9

FDR amount of of Executive Orders

Answer 9

3700

Question 10

Why did state power decrease recently

Answer 10

Due to growing concerns over socialism and communism and Americans hate powerful gov

Question 11

How many amendments have been made?

Answer 11

27 over nearly 200 years

Question 12

Percentage of SCOTUS judgements that have sided with their President (From FDR to Obama)

Answer 12

> 65% - loyalty effect

Question 13

Obama’s appointment that was rejected

Answer 13

Merrick Garland

Question 14

Executive Order that was struck down

Answer 14

Biden and his vaccine executive order

Question 15

Executive Order that stayed

Answer 15

Trump’s travel ban for Muslims as they were considered dangerous

Question 16

Has any Pres been impeached?

Answer 16

No
Trump came close but left the role before he could be impeached

Question 17

What is the power that binds the Supreme Court to previous decisions

Answer 17

Stare decisis

Question 18

The name of the court which went against their President and turned out to be one of the most liberal?

Answer 18

Warren Court

Question 19

Who is the justice that is acting as a swing justice in the court?

Answer 19

Roberts - he is acting as a swing justice due to the majority of the courts composition being Conservative

Question 20

Who was the Caucus that kept voting against McCarthy from within the Republican party?

Answer 20

Freedom Caucus

Question 21

How many rounds of voting was the McCarthy vote?

Answer 21

15 rounds compared to the usual 1 or 2 - rare case

Question 22

Name a Bipartisan bill within parties

Answer 22

Fiscal Responsibilty Act

Question 23

What does Security of Tenure mean?

Answer 23

They cannot be judged for their judgements and cannot be fired unless criminally charged or they die

Question 24

Interest Groups influence on Elections

Answer 24

D -

Answer 25

12 Reps voted against Tax and Jobs Act - proposed by Trump
Joe Manchin goes against everything Democrat
Mike Pence betrayed Trump with his duty - internal rifts

Question 26

Vetoes

Answer 26

2/3 supermajority in both houses will override veto
Unlikely due to polarisation
Obama vetoed 12, Congress overrode 1

Question 27

Midterms

Answer 27

Weakened if the mid terms results in divided gov - Obama faced 6 years of divided gov

Question 28

Trump

Answer 28

Failed to repeal Obamacare

Question 29

Lame ducks

Answer 29

Presidents in the last half of their terms - cannot pass anything as people see he is leaving

Question 30

Approval ratings

Answer 30

Pres are subject to opinion polls as they usually decline within their term
Jan 2022 - Biden 82% among Dems and 5% among Reps

Question 31

Trump National Emergency

Answer 31

When Trump didn’t get 5 billion, called a national emergency

Question 32

Campaign

Answer 32

Funding -

Pacs vs SuperPacs

Calls -