Final Exam Review 1

Which of the following powers allows the President to issue Executive Orders?

Who is the most powerful person in the Senate?

The PEOPLE VOTE in order to run the government.

The fact that we are voting for representatives to this body, makes many think we aren't really voting for the President

The national and state governments can take private property for public if they pay for it.

The power to coin and print money belongs to which branch of our government?

The Constitutional interpretation of Plessy v Ferguson.

The Federal District Courts are known as which of the following?

Congress can use this power to help them use their specifically listed powers.

When does the House of Representatives get to choose the President?

This would be written if a Justice agreed with the Majority Opinion, but thought some more should be added.

The House of Representatives bringing charges against a federal official.

They try to take control of the government so they can institute their platform (ideas).

The the power of the President to reduce a criminal's sentence.

Which of the following amendments allow for the Vice President and Congress to declare the President disabled?

The division of government powers between the national government and the state governments.

This is the document on which our government is based.

Twenty-seven of these have allowed our Constitution to grow as the times changed. What are they?

The General Election is when voters elect...

The powers of our government are evenly distributed between the three branches of our government.

These are held during Presidential election years so we can choose the best candidate in our political party.

States can use mental incompetency and being a felon to restrict their citizens from...

The powers of the National Government because it IS the national government.

The President can Pardon, grant Amnesty or Reprieve, or Commute a criminal's sentence due to..

The case will be called up to the Supreme Court even though only Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and Kagan want to hear it. Why?

The Vice President hold this position too, the only job listed for him in the Constitution.

Which of the following is the correct order for Presidential succession according to the 25th Amendment?

You must be a member of the political party to vote in this type of pre-election event that happens in the evenings.

The person who takes over the Senate when the Senate President can't be there.

You don't have to be a member of a political party to vote in this all-day pre-election event.

The Constitution and Oath of Office give which of the following their powers?

Only the states have these powers from the Constitution.

Since we vote in people to represent us, we don't have a true democracy, we have a(n)...

They are the main source for our political information.

Most powerful person in the House of Representatives.

The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law or action unconstitutional.

The jurisdiction of case that can be tried in state OR federal courts.

Every 10 years, the Census provides population shifts info so Congressional districts can be...

This jurisdiction represented by the first court to hear a case.

Issued by a Supreme Court Justice(s) who totally disagrees with the ruling of the court.

The National government can buy our land to use it for the good of the public, via...

Each branch of our government can keep the other two from gaining too much power.

We elect people to represent us in the government, voting on laws, etc.

When the President has the leader of a new country to a state dinner, he is ___ that new country.

The written ruling of the Supreme Court of their decision in a case.

The Constitutional interpretation for the case of Brown v Board of Education.

The national and state governments can both tax the people.

Congress can regulate interstate and foreign trade via their...

Our Founding Fathers based limiting the power of our government, especially the President, on this document.

This is when Congressional district lines are drawn in favor of the political party in power.