Checks and Balances Quiz!
President vetoes a bill
• No one can override the President
• Vice President can override with
Congress’ permission
• Congress can override with a majority
• Congress can override with 2/3 vote
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The President makes a peace treaty
with Afghanistan
• Senate must ratify with 2/3 vote
• House must ratify with 2/3 vote
• Vice President must sign
• House must ratify with majority
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The President appoints a federal judge
• House must approve with a majority vote
• Senate must approve with majority vote
• Vice President must approve
• No one has to approve
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Congress declares war
• Congress can’t declare war
• President can choose not to carry out war
• Congress makes the final decision
• President has no powers in declaring war
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A federal judge takes a bribe
• Nothing will happen
• The judge will automatically lose his
position
• Congress can impeach
• Congress can’t impeach
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The judicial system wrongly convicts
someone of a federal crime
• House and pardon
• Senate and pardon
• President and pardon
• Other judges and pardon
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President takes military action against
Ukraine
• Congress can choose not to fund this and
refuse to declare war.
• President has the right to do this
• Senate can choose not to fund this and
refuse to declare war
• House can choose not to fund this and
refuse to declare war
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Congress passes a law
• Supreme Court can veto the law
• The law goes into effect
• President doesn’t have to sign the law
• President can veto the law
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Congress passes, and the President
Signs, a law that make it illegal to
Pray in public.
• Supreme Court can use judicial
review to declare law unconstitutional
• Supreme Court can’t do anything
about it
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The President appoints Tom Daschle
To be head of Health an Human
Services.
• Senate must confirm with a majority vote
• House must confirm with a majority vote
• Senate must confirm with 2/3 vote
• House must confirm with a 2/3 vote
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