Executive Office of the President and Presidential Pardons

The job of the president includes

• faithfully executing federal laws

• serving as the head of the executive branch

• drafting new bills

• serving as a judge when needed

The president has the duty to enforce all valid laws even if he doesn't agree with them.

• true

• false

Cabinet secretaries are nominated by the president and

• approved by the Senate

• approved by Congress

• approved by the House of Representatives

• approved by the judiciary

Cabinet secretaries ...

• can be fired by the president at any time

• serve at the pleasure of the president

• can only be removed through impeachment

• cannot be removed because they were approved by the Senate

Which are true about the cabinet?

• it currently has 15 departments

• its leaders are called secretaries

• its leaders advise the president

• its leaders enter into executive agreements

• its leaders are responsible for pardons and reprieves

The Executive Office of the President includes

• cabinet

• White House Staff

• Other councils and advisors that help the president

• Congress

• SCOTUS

The first cabinet was created by George Washington out of necessity to get things done. How many members were in the first cabinet?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

When the president grants amnesty

• people who have committed the same crime are being pardoned

• the president is postponing the start of a prison sentence

• the president has reduced a prison sentence

• the president has increased the punishment for a crime

When the president grants a reprieve he or she is

• postponing the start of a prison sentence

• reducing a prison sentence

• completely wiping out a prison sentence

• forgiving a group of people for a crime

A pardon is a check on the judicial system because

• it allows the president to change a prison sentence the court imposed

• it keeps the judicial system from giving punishments that are too harsh.

• it allows the president to declare a punishment unconsitutional

• it permits the judiciary to seek the opinion of the president