Checks and Balances
The President can nominate Supreme Court Justices but they can't be confirmed without this.
What is confirmation by the Senate?
How many Supreme Court Justices does the Constitution provide for?
What is no specific number?
Presidents are limited to serving this number of terms.
What are two?
This Amendment reserves to the States any powers not granted in the Constitution to the federal government.
What is the 10th amendment?
This case examined whether or not Congress had the implied power to create a national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The President can make treaties but not without this.
What is Senate ratification?
If you want the Supreme Court to hear your appeal, you have to submit one of these.
What is writ of certiorari?
If a President does not want to turn over sensitive documents to a court or to Congress, they can try invoking...
What is executive privilege?
This clause has been found by the Supreme Court to provide Congress with the power to regulate activities having a substantial effect on the movement of goods and services between states.
What is the commerce clause?
Marbury v. Madison was the first case to find that the Supreme Court has the authority to do what?
What is declare acts of Congress or the Executive unconstitutional?
The legislature can pass laws but the President can block them using this power.
What is the veto?
This is the type of case the Supreme Court is most likely to hear.
What is a case involving conflicting interpretations of federal law in different circuits?
Presidents have sought and been found to enjoy protection from civil or criminal proceedings related to their official acts, which is known as....
Immunity
The Supreme Court held that Congress had the implied power to create a national bank based on this clause.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
This case held that national security provided adequate reason to detain Japanese Americans during World War II.
What is Korematsu?
There is one area in which the President is given the most deference compared to the Legislative and Judicial branches.
What is foreign relations?
The Supreme Court may refuse to hear a case because the party bringing the case is not directly affected by the law at issue, a principle known as....
What is standing?
Congress can remove a President through impeachment, which requires a vote of 2/3 the House of Representatives plus this.
What is a trial by the Senate, with 2/3 voting to convict?
This is a prime example of Congress using its commerce clause power to affect labor standards.
What is the federal minimum wage?
This case found that because discriminating against Black Americans by not allowing them lodging near the interstate interfered with interstate commerce, Congress had the power to forbid private businesses from discrimination based on race.
What is Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.?
It has been found unconstitutional for the President to remove parts of a Congressional bill before signing it, a practice that is called....
Line item veto
The Supreme Court may refuse to hear a case because it involves issues that fall within the purview of Congress or the Executive Branch. In other words, it involves a....
What is a political question?
As Commander in Chief, the President has a lot of power controlling the military, but only Congress can officially do this.
What is declare war?
This is the level of the government's interest in regulating an activity necessary to meet the strict scrutiny test.
What is a compelling state interest?
Dred Scott v. Sandford held that former slaves were not citizens and thus could not sue in federal court, which meant that the Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction. Yet the Court also found that this agreement exceeded Congress's authority by prohibiting slavery in federal territories.
What is the Missouri Compromise?