PSCI 1101 – Presidency Test with Questions
and answers
What are the inherent power of the president ?? - Answer - power of persuasion
- executive arrangements
-define limits of their authority to obstacles raised
What are the 3 expansion presidential powers ? - Answer * presidential expanded
legislative power
- call congress to enact law
- work with congress
* presidential power to persuade
* economy influence
- when major eco downturn prez needs to step up
- budget and eco reports to make.
What is the executive order ? Give an example from lecture. - Answer Prez order to
carry out a policy or ones described in a law passed by congress.
EX:
FRD Japanese's internment
Obama : DACA
Trump - eliminated that
Biden - jk brought it back and introduced rules to reinstate DACA
, What is a signing statement ? Give an example. (2cent in ) - Answer written declaration
that a president may make when signing a bill into a law. statement sometimes point
out section the president deems unconstitutional.
EX:
George W Bush
signing statement on bill that outlawed torture. The meaning the prez has the power to
define torturer.
What is a executive agreement ? - Answer binding agreement between president and
another head state that doesn't need senate approval
- BUT you have 60 days to inform congress b4 making it.
What are some of the advantages that congress has over the president ? - Answer -
congress is the unlimited lawmaking authority
** divided government
with one house controlled by a different party president can have difficulty getting floor
vote.
EX: obama 2011 house was ruled by republicans
** different constituents
- congress rep state / local
- prez should rep a nation as a whole
What are some of the advantages that the prez has over congress ? - Answer -During a
national crisis the prez can act quickly and speak as one voice
* Executive privilege
- power to withhold information and refuse to appeal in court and in congress
and answers
What are the inherent power of the president ?? - Answer - power of persuasion
- executive arrangements
-define limits of their authority to obstacles raised
What are the 3 expansion presidential powers ? - Answer * presidential expanded
legislative power
- call congress to enact law
- work with congress
* presidential power to persuade
* economy influence
- when major eco downturn prez needs to step up
- budget and eco reports to make.
What is the executive order ? Give an example from lecture. - Answer Prez order to
carry out a policy or ones described in a law passed by congress.
EX:
FRD Japanese's internment
Obama : DACA
Trump - eliminated that
Biden - jk brought it back and introduced rules to reinstate DACA
, What is a signing statement ? Give an example. (2cent in ) - Answer written declaration
that a president may make when signing a bill into a law. statement sometimes point
out section the president deems unconstitutional.
EX:
George W Bush
signing statement on bill that outlawed torture. The meaning the prez has the power to
define torturer.
What is a executive agreement ? - Answer binding agreement between president and
another head state that doesn't need senate approval
- BUT you have 60 days to inform congress b4 making it.
What are some of the advantages that congress has over the president ? - Answer -
congress is the unlimited lawmaking authority
** divided government
with one house controlled by a different party president can have difficulty getting floor
vote.
EX: obama 2011 house was ruled by republicans
** different constituents
- congress rep state / local
- prez should rep a nation as a whole
What are some of the advantages that the prez has over congress ? - Answer -During a
national crisis the prez can act quickly and speak as one voice
* Executive privilege
- power to withhold information and refuse to appeal in court and in congress
