Constitution Test: Executive Branch

List the current Secretary of Defense

Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates

How many terms may he (or she) serve? (president)

2 terms

When is the next Presidential election?

2012

What are the qualifications to run for President?

35 years old, natural born citizen, live in US for 14 years

What is his (or her) term of office? (president)

4 years

Which Presidents have been impeached? Which were removed from office?

Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton; none have been removed

When is the V.P. chosen as the Presidential candidate's running mate?

At the party's National Convention, before the election

List the 4 major duties of the President, other than signing bills.

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Appoint Federal officers and Supreme Court Justices, Talks to Congress (State of the Union Address), treaties

List 3 ways the Legislative Branch can check the President's power.

Deny appointments and funding, Override veto, Impeach,

How is the President chosen?

Electoral College

List the four main parts of the Executive Branch, with an example of each.

Four main parts: President and VP Cabinet and Departments (Energy, Defense, State, etc) Independent Federal Agencies (NASA, FCC, Amtrak) Executive Office (Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor)

Which Article of the Constitution focuses on the Executive Branch?

II (2)

Who is the current Vice President? President?

Joe Biden (VP), Barack Obama (P)

Who is the Presiding Officer of the Executive Branch?

President of the U.S.

List the current Secretary of State.

Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton

What is the title of a leader of a federal department? What is the group of them called?

Secretary, Cabinet

Who approves the appointments to the Supreme Court?

Senate

What can the President do to a bill when it arrives "on his desk"?

Sign it, do nothing (becomes law), veto it (bill dies), pocket (bill dies)

What is the title of the nation's chief executive?

The President of the United States

What is the main job of the Executive Branch?

To enforce and enact laws.

What is the President's primary power regarding the creation and passage of laws?

To veto bills

What is the succession to the office if the President has to leave?

Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tem of the Senate

What power was given to the President in 1997, then removed in 1998?

line-item veto

What action can a President take to prevent prosecution for a crime?

pardon

List as many of the 15 federal departments as you can.

state treasury defense education transportation