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Students apply presidential powers and the checks that limit them.
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A President refuses to sign a bill and returns it to the chamber where it began with written objections. What presidential power is being used?
Congress adjourns in a way that prevents return of a bill, and the President keeps it unsigned past the ten-day period. What has happened?
The President selects a new ambassador and sends the person's name to the Senate. What power begins this process?
A person convicted in federal court receives the President's forgiveness for the offense and relief from many legal penalties. What power is this?
The President negotiates an agreement with another nation and submits it to the Senate for a two-thirds vote. What formal power is being used?
The President names a person to fill a vacant seat on the Supreme Court. What formal presidential power is this?
A federal inmate's conviction remains, but the President shortens the prison sentence. What form of clemency is being used?
The President chooses a Cabinet secretary and sends the nomination to the Senate before the person takes office. What power is involved?
After a President vetoes a bill, Congress still wants it to become law. What check can Congress use?
The President signs a treaty, but many senators oppose it. What check must the treaty survive before U.S. ratification?
A nominee for attorney general lacks majority support in the Senate. What check limits the President's appointment power?
A President orders the seizure of private factories without statutory authority, and the owners sue. What check can stop the order?
An executive order would require agencies to spend money Congress has not provided. What congressional check is most direct?
A person convicted only under a state criminal law asks the President for a pardon. What limit controls the request?
An impeached judge is convicted by the Senate and removed. The President then tries to pardon the impeachment result. What happens?
During a Senate recess, the President fills a vacant office without immediate confirmation. What check limits that recess appointment?
A President issues an executive order telling agencies how to carry out a statute. How should that power be classified?
The President rejects a bill passed by Congress and sends it back with objections. How is this power classified?
A President forgives a federal offense through clemency. How is this power classified?
The President nominates a principal officer, but the Senate must confirm before the appointment is completed. How is this power classified?
A President negotiates a formal international agreement that needs two-thirds Senate consent. How is this power classified?
A vetoed bill returns to Congress. All 435 representatives vote, with 290 yes; all 100 senators vote, with 65 yes. What happens?
During a treaty vote, 96 senators are present. What minimum number must concur for the Senate to consent?
A bill reaches the President while Congress stays in session. The President neither signs nor returns it within ten days, excluding Sundays. What happens next?
For a Cabinet secretary under the usual Article II process, what is the correct sequence?
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