ap gov executive branch test

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What does the media spend most of its time reporting on during election season?

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Who is leading in the polls, also reports on the President’s personality or whatever flashy story they can find on them (if it bleeds, it leads).

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what does the president consider when appointing federal judges?

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Wants someone the same ideology, age (pretty young to leave their legacy), experienced (judge, clerk, etc.), noncontroversial (moderate and therefore acceptable to the Senate)

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What is the primary reason the legislative and executive branches differ so often?

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because a lot of the time these branches are made up of divided government where very partisan representatives lead to gridlock

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legislative checks on executive

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Legislative checks: they can override a presidential veto, they can not approve foreign treaties, they can not approve justices/ambassadors/cabinet positions, War Powers Act

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executive checks on legislative branch

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 Executive checks: he can perform a pocket veto, can receive ambassadors, calls and dismisses Congress to/from session.

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imperial presidency: what is it and two examples

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The Presidency gaining tremendous power over the other branches + Constitution (FDR, Lincoln, increased the power of presidency)

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senatorial courtesy

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The custom in the Senate of refusing to confirm a presidential appointment that is opposed by both senators from that state. Does not apply to SCOTUS, just district and appellate

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pocket veto

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1. When a bill sits on the President’s desk for 10 days while Congress is NOT in session, then its a veto that cannot be overridden.

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line item veto

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A type of veto that allowed the President to cancel specific parts of a bill but not the whole bill (now ruled unconstitutional in Clinton vs. City of NY 1998)

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executive agreement

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Agreements with foreign nations (that the current president can make if Congress is gridlocked) and no approval from Congress. These last as long as the current president is in office, then the next one can keep or remove it (ie Paris Climate Accords)