Powers of the President Part III Legislative/Judicial AP

Legal forgiveness for a crime for a large group, not an individual

• pardon

• reprieve

• amnesty

• commutation

Allows the president to cross out specific items in a spending bill

• appropriations veto

• pocket veto

• spending veto

• line-item veto

Which is an example of the president's message power?

• Committee of the Whole debating a communications bill supported by the president

• Congress adjourns at the end of a session

• President Biden holding a townhall meeting on critical issues facing America

• President Biden meets with Vice President Harris to discuss the effectiveness of the administrations response to Covid 19.

Why did the court rule in Burdick v. US that someone has the right to refuse a pardon?

• violates the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause

• implies recipient is guilty

• violates free speech rights

• forces recipient to give up due process rights

Which of the following are examples clemency?

• pardon

• commutation

• reprieve

• all answer choices

Which is a result of a president's honeymoon period?

• Biden struggling to control illegal immigration on the southern border

• Truman dropping two atomic bombs on Japan

• Trump's refusal to promote Covid vaccines

• FDR's New Deal