War Powers
Powers and Qualifications
Presidential Random
14th Amendment
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100
According to Article II, this person is Commander in Chief
Who is the President?
100
Minimum age of the U.S. Presidency?
What is 35 years old?
100
When politicians or influential people help out the president they may be appointed political office. This is called
What is political patronage?
100
Name of the Chief Justice who ruled in Brown v. Board of Education
Who is Earl Warren?
100
Their primary duty is to ensure justice and one of their responsibilities is sentencing offenders
What is a Judge?
200
This shocking and violent event allowed President George W. Bush to seize war powers and prosecute terrorism
What is September 11, 2001?
200
When an American citizen has been given clemency or freed from the charges of a crime, they have been given a...
What is a Presidential pardon?
Name that Tune!
200
The first presidential caucus is held in this state
What is Iowa?
200
Who was the attorney from the NAACP that represented the petitioners in Brown v. Board of Education?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
The Brown v. Board decision rejected the following case which established segregation as judicial precedent
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
When was the last time that Congress formally declared war on a foreign adversary?
What is World War II?
300
When President Eisenhower called in the 101st Airborne to assist Black students to Central High School he wrote one of these to help the students
What is an Executive Order?
300
The first Presidential primary is held in this state
What is New Hampshire?
300
Unanimous court decision defended the freedom to marry or not marry a member of a different race
What is Loving v. Virginia?
300
These kind of courts handle family law, probate and most traffic violations
What are State Courts?
Name that Tune!
400
Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in response to this president's secret bombing campaign in Cambodia
Who is President Richard Nixon?
Name that Tune!
400
President Harry S. Truman signed a treaty in 1948 formalizing the existence of this country
What is Israel?
400
This state has the most electoral votes in the electoral college
What is California?
Name that Tune!
400
1972 federal law bans gender discrimination in collegiate activities and learning
What is Title IX?
Name That Tune!
400
Courts avoid overturning turning laws passed by democratically elected bodies like slavery laws
What is judicial restraint?
500
According to the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the President can maintain hostile action overseas for only this long with the approval of Congress
What is 60 days?
500
Congress can override one of these with a 2/3 vote
What is a presidential veto?
500
How does the government determine how many representatives in the House should be alloted to each state?
They conduct a census every 10 years.
500
According to this legal concept, the government must follow fair procedures if it is going to deprive a person of their life, liberty or property
What is Due Process?
500
The Supreme Court case that is centered on the police reading your rights and the application of the 5th Amendment
What is Miranda v. Arizona?