Which of the following grants the president the power to exempt a person from being punished for a crime?

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1. Social Science
2. Political Science
3. Politics of the United States

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According to the textbook, President Bush's use of signing statements ______
a. threatened the system of separation of powers
b. was a strictly ceremonial act with no significance
c. helped to clarify for executive agencies how they are to implement laws
d. created agreements between presidents and the heads of foreign governments
e. was a traditional action taken by presidents to signify their agreement with Congress

a. threatened the system of separation of powers

Presidents are limited to two full terms in office by ______.
a. an act of Congress
b. a Supreme Court decision that interpreted Article II of the Constitution
c. custom
d. constitutional amendment
e. an executive order issued by President Harry Truman

d. constitutional amendment

In Great Britain the role of head of government ______.
a. is filled by the prime minister
b. is combined with the role of head of state
c. is performed by the president
d. has been eliminated
e. is shared among a set of executive-branch officials

a. is filled by the prime minister

According to the textbook, the framers adopted the Electoral College as a way to ______.
a. override the power of the judiciary
b. insulate the president from the masses
c. control unrestrained presidential power
d. make the president more dependent on Congress
e. imitate foreign democratic systems

b. insulate the president from the masses

A major assumption that the founders had concerning the Electoral College was that electors would ______.
a. be political party leaders
b. further the democratic goal of popular government
c. be chosen by the state legislatures
d. be leading citizens who could be trusted to exercise good judgment
e. represent the average citizen when picking a president

d. be leading citizens who could be trusted to exercise good judgment

The presidential impeachment process is intended to remove sitting presidents for ______.
a. loss of support in Congress
b. ineffective leadership
c. waning public popularity
d. immoral behavior
e. treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors

e. treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors

Alexander Hamilton's principal argument about the presidency in
Federalist No. 70 is that it ______.
a. should be an energetic president
b. should allow the president to act as the civilian head of the military
c. must have a vice president who would be ready to take over in case the president dies
d. must be selected by the "best citizens" of the Electoral College
e. should possess the pardoning power because most state governors have that ability

a. should be an energetic president

If there is a disagreement as to whether the president is disabled and should turn his or her duties over to the vice president, the issue is resolved by ______.
a. the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution
b. the rules of succession as established by an act of Congress
c. agreement between the president and vice president
d. a ruling of the Supreme Court
e. a vote of the cabinet

a. the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution

Which of the following grants the president the power to exempt a person from being punished for a crime?
a. impeachment
b. pardoning power
c. executive orders
d. signing statements
e. the cycle effect

b. pardoning power

Many observers have concluded that impeachment is not an effective check on presidents because ______.
a. it is too easy for presidents to rally public opinion against the process
b. members of Congress will not use the process
c. the Supreme Court would probably overturn a president's conviction
d. the process is too crippling for the government because Congress and the president would be consumed with the impeachment and trial
e. presidents are never likely to commit an impeachable offense

d. the process is too crippling for the government because Congress and the president would be consumed with the impeachment and trial

The Iran-contra controversy did not lead to the impeachment of President Ronald Reagan because ______.
a. the public concluded it was a necessary act of foreign policy
b. no laws were broken
c. he had left office before Iran-contra was discovered
d. the Republicans controlled Congress and refused to impeach the president
e. he claimed he knew nothing about Iran-contra, and no evidence was found to contradict him

e. he claimed he knew nothing about Iran-contra, and no evidence was found to contradict him

The president's cabinet is composed of the ______.
a. president's party leadership
b. chairs of the congressional standing committees
c. appointees heading each of the fifteen major departments in the executive branch
d. Joint Chiefs of Staff and state-level policy advisors
e. chief justice and several congressional leaders

c. appointees heading each of the fifteen major departments in the executive branch

The president's power to act as chief executive of the federal government comes from all of the following constitutional provisions EXCEPT the provision ______.
a. stating the executive power will be vested in a president
b. giving the president power to appoint heads of departments
c. stating that the president "shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed"
d. requiring the heads of department to report to the president
e. stating the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces

e. stating the president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces

Which of the following statements is true about the modern use of treaties and executive agreements?
a. Executive agreements have been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in favor of treaties.
b. The percentage of completed interstate negotiations that end in treaties and executive
agreements is about the same each year.
c. Most completed international negotiations (over 90 percent) end in executive agreements rather than treaties.
d. Most completed international negotiations (over 90 percent) end in treaties rather than executive agreements.
e. About the same number of each is completed each year.

c. Most completed international negotiations (over 90 percent) end in executive agreements rather than treaties.

The significance of the president's inherent powers is that they ______.
a. allow the president to fulfill the office of president as the founders intended
b. are unconstitutional according to the Supreme Court
c. have been used to expand the powers of the presidency beyond what is explicitly stated in the Constitution
d. were commonly used by nineteenth-century presidents
e. were more often used in the nineteenth century by weak presidents

c. have been used to expand the powers of the presidency beyond what is explicitly stated in the Constitution

All of the following are roles of the president of the United States EXCEPT ______.
a. commander-in-chief
b. chief administrator
c. chief foreign policy maker
d. head of the EOP and OMB
e. chief justice of the Supreme Court

e. chief justice of the Supreme Court

Presidents must play their role as ______ in order to solve problems, but that requires them to behave in ways that conflict with their role as ______.
a. head of state; chief administrator
b. head of government; party chief
c. commander-in-chief; head of state
d. head of government; head of state
e. party chief; head of government

d. head of government; head of state

Presidents have been able to ignore the restrictions on their ability to go to war contained in the War Powers Act because ______.
a. public opinion tends to rally around presidents when they deem military action necessary abroad, and Congress has declined to challenge such presidents
b. Congress has no power under the War Powers Act
c. Congress can never agree on a course of action when it comes to military decisions
d. the provisions of the act are vague and make it easy to ignore
e. everyone agrees the Supreme Court would probably declare the law unconstitutional if
Congress ever attempted to enforce it

a. public opinion tends to rally around presidents when they deem military action necessary abroad, and Congress has declined to challenge such presidents

Presidents' authority over foreign and defense policy comes from all of the following EXCEPT their power ______.
a. to declare war
b. as commander-in-chief of the armed forces
c. to negotiate treaties
d. to conclude executive agreements
e. to recognize ambassadors from other nations

a. to declare war

In the United States, treaties are negotiated by the president and require ______.
a. review by the Supreme Court before they can be implemented
b. no endorsement from any other government agency
c. two-thirds approval from the Senate
d. two-thirds approval from Congress
e. three-quarters approval from the cabinet prior to their submission to Congress

c. two-thirds approval from the Senate

Pacts made by the president with another head of state that do not require Senate approval are called ______.
a. executive orders
b. treaties
c. executive agreements
d. international memos of understanding
e. interstate protocols

c. executive agreements

All of the following statements concerning the president's veto power are true EXCEPT ______.
a. presidents have had the power of the line-item veto since 1995
b. Congress is generally unsuccessful at overturning presidential vetoes
c. presidents use the veto more frequently when their party does not control Congress
d. George W. Bush was the third president not to veto a bill in his first term
e. the threat of a veto is a powerful tool in presidential negotiations with Congress

a. presidents have had the power of the line-item veto since 1995

Which of the following is NOT among the president's legislative powers?
a. the line-item veto
b. the State of the Union address
c. executive orders
d. the vice president's role as presiding officer of the Senate
e. the presidential veto

a. the line-item veto

Which of the following best describes President Herbert Hoover's views on the role of the federal government in the Great Depression?
a. The government was a primary causal factor and must, therefore, expend all available resources to relieve the crisis.
b. It was a private economic crisis and the government had only limited power and responsibility for addressing it.
c. It was a private economic crisis and it was the job of the Congress to expand the powers of the president so that he could effectively help those in need.
d. Corrupt leaders of America's industrial sector were primarily to blame and, therefore, it was up to them to reverse the country's downward economic spiral.
e. The government's powers of oversight in the economy badly needed to be reduced.

b. It was a private economic crisis and the government had only limited power and responsibility for addressing it.

All of the following statements concerning presidents' judicial power are true EXCEPT ______.
a. their power over the courts is very weak in the short run
b. they can have a tremendous long-term impact on the judiciary
c. senior senators of the president's party wield power over the president's judicial appointments
d. presidents can try to influence the judiciary by having the solicitor general argue cases
e. the pardon power is a check on the judiciary

c. senior senators of the president's party wield power over the president's judicial appointments

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