Reading Quiz 12.1-12.2

Which of these powers is a constitutional power that the president shares with the Senate?

• making treaties
• declaring war
• granting pardons
• receiving foreign ambassadors

Which of the following is a judicial power given to the president?

• determining the Supreme Court’s docket
• nominating federal judges
• establishing the jurisdiction of the federal courts including the Supreme Court
• determining the constitutionality of judicial acts

Which of the following citizens would be ineligible to become president?

• a natural-born citizen
• someone who is 37 years old
• someone who has lived in the United States for 20 years
• someone who has already been elected president twice

What does the Twenty-second Amendment do?

• requires that presidents be natural-born citizens
• limits the president’s terms of office
• requires the president to be a resident of the United States
• requires the president to be at least 35 years old

What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be impeached and removed from office?

• The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Supreme Court must convict with a two-thirds vote.
• The Senate must impeach the president by a simple majority; the House must convict with a two-thirds vote.
• The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must convict with a two-thirds majority.
• The Supreme Court must impeach the president with a simple majority; the chief justice presides over a Senate trial that must convict with a two-thirds majority.

Which is one reason why the power and responsibility of the presidency has increased?

• The presidents’ use of the line-item veto has increased their power over the Congress.
• The budgets for government agencies have decreased, leaving more responsibility to the president.
• Modern presidents have to exercise powers as commander in chief, while earlier presidents did not.
• The United States has increased its prominence on the world stage.

The Twenty-fifth Amendment was enacted in order to clear up uncertainties over the constitutional provisions surrounding __________.

• presidential powers to conduct war
• presidential and vice presidential succession and disability
• the president’s powers to negotiate treaties
• the Electoral College