Presidency Review 2

What is the constitutional basis for the executive order power?

• Ordinance power

• Executive privilege

• Whig theory

• Stewardship theory

Who was the first president to claim executive privilege?

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Richard Nixon

• Dwayne Camacho

Presidents acting on the basis of the _____________________ are the most likely to see executive power in narrow terms.

• Whig theory

• Stewardship theory

• Imperial presidency

• Unitary executive theory

Which of the following was not one of the "weak presidents"?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Jimmy Carter

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

Which of the following did not limit presidential power vis-a-vis Congress?

• National Labor Relations Board v. Canning

• Train v. City of New York

• War Powers Act

• US v. Lopez

• Impoundment Control Act of 1974

Unitary executive theory is a most prominent feature in which presidency?

• George W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Barack Obama

The scenario best highlights which of the following statements about court appointees?

• Life tenure for appointed justices alongside the power of judicial review increases the stakes in the confirmation process for nominees to the Supreme Court.

• Judicial appointees tend to make controversial statements on important policy issues during their confirmation hearings to get confirmed.

• The merit system for hiring members of the bureaucracy extends to the vetting process for nominations to the Supreme Court.

• Presidents usually request that the Senate be slow and deliberate with judicial appointments to check the power of the judicial branch.

Which of these presidential appointments would not require Senate confirmation?

• Chief of Staff

• Attorney General

• Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

• Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Which statement best explains the information in the graphic?

• The secretary was confirmed by partisan vote.

• Confirmation was blocked by one party.

• Independents swayed the vote for the majority.

• Attempts at compromise were unsuccessful.

Based on the passage, which of the following constitutional provisions would the author most likely identify as a solution to the problem of the imperial presidency?

• Congress exercising the power to regulate commerce.

• Congress insisting that it declare war prior to the use of international force.

• The president making stronger use of bureaucratic discretion.

• Congress creating term limits for all members of government.