Ap gov unit 2 test
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the structure and function of the House of Representatives and the Senate
Comparison B: House of reps, responsible for proposing all tax bills, and Senate: responsible for ratifying all treaties
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the expressed powers of the president and the powers of congress?
Comparison B: presenting state of union and impeaching officials
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two cases. Marbury versus Madison and baker versus carr
Comparison b- Marburg v Madison: Lead to more power for the supreme court to check the other two branches and baker v carr: led to the one person one vote judicial doctrine
Which of the following is an intended consequence of ideological divisions with in Congress
Compromise between the 2 parties on congressional legislation
Which of the following is an enumerated powers Congress has been making foreign policy
Confirming ambassadors to foreign countries
Which of the following scenarios would be considered congressional oversight
Congress call several high-end officials to the department of homeland security to testify on cross agency communication after September 11
Which of the following statement explains how converse can use its powers of the purse to restrict presidential power
Congress can deny her request for funds to executive agencies during the budget process
In which of the following scenarios is the president most likely to use an executive order to make important policy
Congress cannot reach a compromise
What role do coalitions play in the policy making process
Politicians create coalitions to enact policy that has broad support from the public
Jackson on hog cartoon Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon
Patronage system leads to corruption
Congress member Chidi Anagonye has proposed an Agriculture Appropriations bill that would fund important agricultural food programs and food services. While the bill was in committee, Congress member Eleanor Shellstrop added an amendment to the bill that would send $250,000 to her district in Arizona for an Arizona Fried Shrimp Institute. She says she will only vote for the bill if it includes the funds for her district. This is an example of
Pork barrel legislation
signing statement is best defined as which of the following?
A released letter explaining how the presidents administration plans to interpret the law
Which of the following scenarios would be considered logrolling
A senator agrees to vote on another senators bill provided that the senator will support their legislation
Which of the following is a consequence of holds applied to a bill in the senate
A senator can slow down the legislative process
Which of the following would be a violation of the 22nd amendment
A sitting president runs for a 3rd term in office
Which of the following statements explains How an executive order can cause conflict between the president and Congress
And executive order enhances the power of the president because it creates laws without congressional approval
Elephant/donkey pushing cartoon Which of the following statements is most consistent with the cartoons message?
As entitlement costs grow, discretionary spending has to decrease unless tax revenues increase or Congress permits the budget deficit to increase
And the closer the 2006 midterm elections got, the more nervous congressional Republicans could be expected to get. Republican leaders in the House of Representatives sought to have the Senate move first, not wanting to have their members go out on a limb with a series of potentially costly party-line roll call votes that would have no policy payoff if Republicans in the Senate decided not to move a bill because they did not have the votes needed to pass it."
Because members of the house have 2 year terms , they are unlikely to support a piece of legislation that may upset their constituents
How do the different chamber sizes in the house of representatives and senate influence the formality of debate in the chamber
Because there are more members of the House of representatives there is a more formal process for debate
Which of the following statements describes why the federal bureaucracy is given discretionary authority to implement public policy
Bureaucrats are experts and are able to make the best choices on how they implement policy
Which of the following statements describes the way for the executive branch to limit the Supreme Court's power
By appointing new supreme court justices
Appointments to the presidents cabinet or sometimes contentious for which of the following reasons
Cabinet level officials are responsible for implementing the laws created by Congress was still advocating for the presidents agenda
Which of the following made the judicial branch due to limit the power of the president
Declare an executive order unconstitutional
"Senators have increasingly used holds, their ability to block consideration of a nominee indefinitely, as a broader partisan weapon to keep presidents from filing key positions, including many qualified and usually noncontroversial nominees.... The confirmation rate of presidential circuit court appointments has plummeted from above 90 percent in the late 1970s and early 1980s to around 50 percent in recent years." Based on the text which of the following statements with the author most likely agree with
Divided government has led to an increase in congressional refusal to confirm appointments of presidents of the opposite party
The environmental protection agency issues a parent to a factory that is not complying with federal regulations on maximum number of Pollutants it can released into the atmosphere. This is an example of the federal Bureaucracies responsibilities?
Enforcement
Which of the following is the best example of an issue network?
Government and private groups opposed to a proposal to run a pipeline through Native American land
Which of the following is a consequence of the merit system in the bureaucracy
Greater professionalism in the bureaucracy
Which of the following statements explains how social media has enhanced the power of the presidency?
It gives the president a direct line of communication to the national constituency to influence national policy
Which of the following best explains how stare decisis influences Supreme Court justices?
It makes justices more likely to defer to previous Supreme Court decisions
Which of the following scenarios would be considered an example of how unity is conducive to energy in the executive branch, as defined by the author of the passage?
John f Kennedy's secret negotiations ending the Cuban missle crisis
Which of the following statements best describes judicial restraint
Judges should limit the exercise of their own power to interpreting the constitution according to its original intent
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the powers of the judicial branch and the powers of the leg branch
Judicial :interpreting constitution / legislative:establishing inferior courts
Pork barrel legislation is best defined as which of the following
Laws that include federally funded local products that benefit a specific district
Which of the following government policies with Alexander Hamilton most likely support
Life's terms pending good behavior for supreme court justices
There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid." Supporters of Hamilton's view that acts contrary to the constitution are invalid could point to which of the following cases ?
Marbury v Madison
After a hard fought election , president Greene appoints a major campaign donor as ambassador to Greece This is an example of
Patronage
Which prior Supreme Court case could be cited as a precedent for the majority decision in Gonzalez v raich
McCullough v Maryland
In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act, which regulates the amount of pollutants there can be in waters of the United States and the quality standards for surface waters. Which of the following constitutional provisions granted Congress the power to pass environmental protection laws like the Clean Water Act?
Necessary and proper clause in article 1
A Supreme Court precedent approving mandatory busing of students to ensure greater racial integration in public schools throughout the South could be viewed as interfering with state powers under the Constitution, and as creating law rather than interpreting it. Which of the following could congress do to limit the supreme courts power in response
Pass legislation changing the courts jurisdiction
"Both Lincoln and Roosevelt undertook acts they knew to be beyond the Constitution. Both did so in times of transcendent crisis when the life of the nation seemed truly at stake. Both acted, knowingly or not, on Locke's doctrine of emergency prerogative, trusting that Congress would eventually approve their actions." Based on the text which of the following statements agree with?
Presidential power has increased in the face of growing federal challenges
Anti- Third term cartoon Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon
Presidential power should be restrained by term of office limits
Which of the following statements is reflected in the data in the chart
Presidents have become less successful at getting federal judges confirmed over the past 50 years
Chris Wallace: "Mr. Trump, you're pro-life. But I want to ask you specifically: Do you want the court, including the justices that you will name, to overturn Roe v. Wade, which i fact, states a woman's right to abortion?" ncludes -- in 93 Which of the following statements best explains how a president ideology can influence presidential nomination to the judiciary?
Presidents nominate supreme court justices who are likely to be sympathetic to their views, changing the idea logical leaning of the court
In 1895, the Supreme Court heard a case about the Income Tax Act of 1894. The Court held that the act was unconstitutional and the federal government did not have the power to tax personal income. Which of the following is an action Congress could have taken to check the Supreme Court's power?
Proposing a constitutional amendment
Which of the following statements best summarizes Fish's argument?
Signing statements go beyond the presidents expressed constitutional powers
The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if tho limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed, are of equal obligation. It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or, that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act Which of the following statements is most consistent with marshals argument in the passage
The Constitution is above ordinary laws
Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered judicial restraint
The Supreme Court refuses to hear a case bc the justices believe the issue should be solved by legislative branch
Bureaucratic discretionary authority is best defined as which of the following?
The ability of executive depts and agencies to make choices about how to enforce public policy
15 percent of Congress member Seaborn's constituents have reached out to him urging him to support a new bill expanding Medicaid coverage to people who make $20,000 a year. Even though he disagrees with this position on the bill, he does as his constituents wish. He tries to follow his constituents' wishes on every bill, regardless of how many calls he gets Which model of representation do these actions and body
The delegate model
Which of the following scenarios would be considered a constitutional use of executive power
The president Confers diplomatic recognition on the new nation of South Sudan
Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the sec urity of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy Which of the following is a consequence of the ideas set forth by the author of this passage?
The establishment of the president as commander in chief of the military
The mystique of inside information-"if you only knew what we know-was a most effective way to defend the national-security monopoly and prevent democratic control of foreign policy The power to leak meant the power to tell the people what it served the government's purpose that they should know... Based on the text which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with
The executive branch has too much power in implementing foreign policy
Which of the following scenarios is an example of the president using the bully pulpit approach to achieve policy goals
The president appeals to the American public to contact their representatives and urge them to support increased military spending
Senator Leslie Knope legislative model
The politico model
In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which gave the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) more power to regulate and enforce securities laws. In response, the Securities and Exchange Commission created the Office of the Whistleblower, which is responsible for gathering information from people who know of a company committing securities fraud. The securities and exchange commission's ability to decide how much money is awarded to whistleblowers is an example of which of the following?
The power that individual bureaucratic agencies Have to make choices about how to implement existing laws
"In addition to educating the country, [President Barack Obama'sl goal is to frame the political debate and set an agenda that the next Democratic presidential nominee can run on next year -an agenda that Obama hopes will put opposition Republicans at a big disadvantage. Which of the following best summarized the authors arguement?
The presidents ability to command media attention gives him and advantage in shaping the national policy agenda
"Lifetime appointments and the new, highly ideological stakes provided senators ample incentives to use holds and silent filibusters to prevent a majority of their colleagues from acting on judicial nominations, both to block those with different ideologies and to keep slots vacant until the presidency moves into their party's hands. Along the way, judicial confirmations have become increasingly politicized, and delays in confirming appellate judges have led to increased vacancy rates that have produced longer case-processing times and growing caseloads per judge on federal dockets." Which of the following statements best summarizes the authors' argument?
The senate is more likely to place holds on a life -tenured judicial appointments because of the lasting influence of those appointments
After the bill is assigned a number which of the following describes the next step of the lawmaking process
The speaker of the house assigns the bill to a relevant committee
There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid." -Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, "The Judiciary Department, 1788 Which of the following statements best summarized Hamilton's arguement
The supreme court should have the power of judicial review
Appointments to the White House staff are often uncontested for which of the following reasons
These appointments do not require senate confirmation
Every 10 years congressional redistricting occurs for which of the following reasons
To divide to stay into new political district after changes in population
Senator Ramirez listens to her constituents' wishes on every piece of legislation, but always votes her conscience, even if it goes against her constituents' wishes on pieces of legislation they care about. Which model of representation do her actions embody?
Trustee model
In United States v. Morrison (2000), the Supreme Court struck down the part of the Violence Against Women Act that made gender-motivated violence a federal crime, as it was not related to the commerce clause . Which prior Supreme Court case could be used as a precedent for the majority decision in United States v. Morrison (2000)?
Us v Lopez
In which of the following scenarios is the president most likely to use the veto to limit the power of Congress
When the opposing party holds A majority in Congress