Checks Part II
The president has just nominated Mr. Grey to be Secretary of Education. This is how Congress could check this executive action
What is "refusing to confirm the President's nominee?"
This is the job of the bureaucracy.
What is "implementing laws passed by Congress?:
This is the year KIPP SOMOS opened
What is "2019"?
This is the chamber of Congress that initiates all revenue/spending bills.
What is the "House of Representatives?"
This is the difference between bureaucratic rule-making and bureaucratic discretion.
What is "bureaucratic rule-making involves writing a formal rule as to implement the law while discretion is making a choice on how to implement the law without writing a rule"?
This is Mr. Joy's major in college.
What is "economics?"
This is the chamber of Congress that confirms all presidential appointees.
What is "the Senate?
The Department of Justice uses their power of rule-making when implementing the Judiciary Act to set the maximum sentence for murderers to 20 years.
How could the president check this power of the judiciary?
They could (1) fire the head of the Department of Justice and Replace them with an attorney justice who will enforce a stricter punishment for murder
(2) They could issue an executive order to the Department of Justice mandating that the punishment for murder be at least 50 years
This is the state Mr. Morales graduated high school from.
What is Nebraska?
This is the chamber of Congress that ratifies treaties.
What is "The Senate?"
The Department of Justice uses their power of rule-making when implementing the Judiciary Act to set the maximum sentence for murderers to 20 years.
How could the Congress check this power of the judiciary?
(1) They could call an oversight hearing to interrogate the Attorney General about the sentencing guideline and pressure them to change it.
(2) Congress could use their power of the purse to threaten to withhold funding from the Department of Justice until they change their sentencing guideline.
This is where DeLaRosa attended college
What is "Trinity University?"
This is the chamber of Congress that approves executive orders and executive agreements.
What is "executive orders and agreements do not require congressional approval?"
Name five bureaucratic agencies
NASA, FDA, ICE, Border Patrol, CDC, Department of Justice, Department of Education, Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, the Secret Service, the FBI, the CIA, the EPA.
This is federalism.
What is "the division of power between the state and local government?"