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Judicial Grab Bag
This part of the
Constitution outlines all of
the powers of the president
What is Article II?
This term negatively
frames the vast and
unending growth of
presidential power
What is the imperial
presidency?
The term “bully
pulpit” coined by
Roosevelt is now
commonly used to
describe the
president’s use of this
What is the media?
These are 3 reasons that
presidential power has
grown so much
What are unity of the
presidency, mass
media, complication of
living in America,
national emergencies,
and Congress’ creation
of programs?
This feature of Article II
has led to the growth of
presidential power
What is its
vagueness?
This is how a treaty
can be approved
What is a 2/3 vote in
the Senate?
This is the only
appointed office that
the president cannot
remove someone
from
What is judge?
The ordinance power
allows the president
to issue these
What are executive
orders?
The president’s
power to execute the
law is most notably
expressed when he
says this
What is the Oath of
Office?
These are 3 types of
offices the president
can appoint
What are ambassadors,
cabinet members,
department heads,
judges/attorneys, and
military officers?
This power is the
primary way the
president can stop
legislation from
passing
What is the veto?
In an emergency, the
president can call
Congress into one of
these
What is a special
session?
This is the president’s
best time to propose new
laws to Congress
What is the State of
the Union Address?
This presidential
historian says the
president has 5
“constituencies” to
appeal to
Who is Richard
Neustadt?
This expansion of a
presidential power would
allow the president to
eliminate specific
provisions rather than
whole pieces of
legislation
What is a line-item
veto?
This power lets the
president legally
forgive a specific
person of a crime
What is pardon?
This power lets the
president forgive a
general group of
lawbreakers
What is amnesty?
The power of
commutation allows
the president to do
this to a sentence
What is reduce?
This is the general
term for the
president’s judicial
powers
What is clemency?
The president is only
allowed to use his
judicial power in this
kind of crime
What is federal?
This is the only
Phoenix Suns player
to ever score 50
points in a playoff
game
Who is Charles
Barkley?
This governor of
Arizona was impeached
in 1999, allowing AZ
Sec. of State Jane Hull
to take office
Who is Fife
Symington?
This athlete, known for
his verbal mess-ups,
once said, “Nobody
goes there anymore, it’s
too crowded.”
Who is Yogi Berra?
(Hall of Fame NY
Yankees)
“The Who hoped to die
before what in the song
“My Generation?”
What is “before I get old?”
This actor has appeared in
“Bennie & Joon,”
“Edward Scissorhands,”
“Pirates of the Caribbean,”
and “Public Enemies”
Who is Johnny Depp?