US Gov Exam 2 Study

The personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge bylaw, constitution, or judicial interpretation

A conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to.

A public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue.

Powers held by a sovereign state.

States have three inherent powers: the power of taxation, police power, and the power of eminent domain.

An Act To provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, resignation, death, or inability both of the President and Vice President. Enacted by. the 80th United States Congress.

A major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation

Amendment that clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, and establishes how a vacancy in the office of the vice president can be filled.

An appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess

The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise.

The President had the right to use any and all powers unless they were specifically denied to him.

What Supreme Court case upheld the limits of executive privilege?