14.2 Presidential Powers Quiz

Match with the correct term.

• Oath of Office

• The ___________ must confirm most of the President's appointments.

• Executive Order

• The ________________ has ruled that the President's ordnance power may be limited.

• Constitution

• The President must take the _____________ on the day he takes office.

• Supreme Court

• The ___________ gives the President the power to appoint ambassadors.

• Senate

• A presidential directive, called a(n) _____________, has the force of law.

If a President does not agree with a federal law, he or she can refuse to carry it out.

• must carry it out

• must carry it out anyway according to the instructions of Congress

• must carry it out but has some leeway in how strongly he or she enforces it

• can delay carrying it out until he or she has appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn it

The President’s ordinance power comes from the Constitution and Congress.

The rule of senatorial courtesy means that before appointing an official who will serve in a State, the President must gain the approval of his or her party’s senators from that State.

Of the federal civilian employees, the President appoints only a handful.

Under Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, the President cannot remove a member of an independent agency except on the grounds of incompetence or malfeasance.