presidency 3.3 Flashcards
what is a special power which vice presidents can do when there is no clear majority in the senate
they have the deciding vote
- Mike Pence = 13 tie-breaking votes
- Kamala Harris = 33 tie breaking votes in her first two years
whats a time of crisis were it shows that presidents need to take the affairs more seriously (Joe Biden)
- believed Hamas-Israel war would finish ‘within days’
- Confused Zelenskyy with Putin
- visibly disturbing bloke…
whats a time of crisis were it shows that presidents need to take the affairs more seriously (Trump)
the actual whole of COVID (if that was even real)
what three presidents all lost re-election because of economic crises
- Carter
- Bush
- Trump
who had the longest government shutdown and how long was it
trump, 34 days
after dobbs vs jackson, what did biden do for women in 2023?
- strengthen access to contraception
- strength access to family planning services
what was the executive orders which dealt with mexican asylum seekers and joe biden
- temporarily prevent asylum requests once threshold of 2500 Mexicans would cross the border
what did the supreme court do with joe biden’s executive order on mask wearing
NFIB vs Department of Labour 2022 ruled against his executive order, required:
- employees of medium/large companies to wear masks
- or receive COVID 19 vaccine
what did the supreme court do with joe biden’s executive order on student finance
Biden vs Nebraska 2023 ruled against his executive order, gave:
- $10,000 to many middle/lower income american’s student debts as part of the HEROS act
what was a bonus to trump from the ruling of Trump vs United States 2024
- immune to federal prosecution for official acts when he was president
who were the three conservative justices which trump appointed in 4 years
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Niel Gorsuch
who were the two conservative justices which trump appointed in 8 years
- sonia sotomayor
- elena kagan
how can it be shown that Bush was an imperial president
- patriot act 2001, got 98-1 in senate, putting laws for counter terrorism
- creation of department of homeland security
how can it be shown that Biden was an imperilled president
- his weak health and slip ups made him susceptible to media critique
- july 2024 = 36% approval rating
how many drone strikes did obama issue in his 8 year mandate
563, including more in his first year that Bush’s 8 years
who did obama issue the killing of
osama bin laden
what is stare decisis
judicial precedents
