The Constitution is sometimes called an “invitation to struggle” in the area of foreign policy because it gives some foreign-policy power to Congress and some to the president. Discuss this struggle. What overlaps exist? How have presidents gotten the upper hand? And how has Congress tried to restrain the president since the Vietnam War?
What will be an ideal response?
the key powers of both branches and how they overlap and check one another as well as how presidents have increasingly relied on information advantages from staff (like the National Security Council) and the commander-in-chief power to act first and, thus, put Congress in a reactive mode. Students should also discuss the War Powers Act.
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In Mathews v. Eldridge, the Supreme Court upheld procedures under which ______ benefits could be initially terminated without a prior evidentiary hearing
a. unemployment compensation b. worker's compensation c. Social Security disability d. Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Participating in a town hall meeting about a proposed tax hike is a way of exercising one’s
a. natural rights. b. voter obligation. c. patriotism. d. democratic privilege. e. civic duty.
If you were a campaign manager trying to target the largest population of likely voters, at which place would you suggest your candidate campaign?
a. at a local employment agency b. at the local senior citizens association c. in an American government class at the local college d. at a nearby Latino cultural festival
Who remarked that in the United States “[o]ne finds a vast multitude of people with roughly the same idea about religion, history, science, political economy, legislation, and government”?
a. Thomas Jefferson b. Alexis de Tocqueville c. George Kennan d. Alexander Hamilton