Edexcel Politics 8. US Politics: President and Supreme Court

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An official document issued by the executive branch with the effect of law through which the President directs federal officials to take certain actions, reaching peak usage under Franklin D. Roosevelt

That individual who holds the dual roles and formal powers of being Head of State and Head of Government

That office, which of the 22 major party candidates for in the 2016 election, only three were from ethnic minorities, one black, one Hispanic, and one Indian-American

That office which was formed to assist the President in the increased domestic and foreign policy demands of his office brought about by the Great Depression, industrialisation, territorial expansion, etc.

That individual who is granted sole executive power under Article II Section 1 of the Constitution, making him Chief Executive

The percentage of illegal aliens apprehended that were from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in 2015

That amendment the opening sentence of which has been criticised as being contradictory as 'free exercise' of a religion could allow for things such as prayers in schools which could be seen as an 'establishment of religion'

Those members of Cabinet that consist of the heads of the 15 executive departments

That which has been called an 'echo chamber of the views of earlier decades' by lieu of its members generally outliving their appointers political life due to life tenure

Those guarantees, mostly spelt out in the Constitution, that protect people's expression and property from arbitrary interference by government

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That the seal of which displays arrows representing the officeholders formal powers as Commander in Chief, and an olive branch, representing the officeholders formal power of negotiating treaties, the latter being subject to the approval of a two thirds majority in the Senate

That minority that Republicans have pointed to so as to demonstrate why affirmative action is unnecessary

That individual the principal strengths of whom relative to the Supreme Court are that he - subject to a simple Senate majority confirmation - appoints the members of the Supreme Court where vacancies are made such as by death, retirement, or impeachment

That body in which a vacancy becomes available once every two years on average, though Clinton, W. Bush, and Obama only made two successful nominations in each of their eight year terms

That which campaigners have sought to improve via Constitutional amendments, legislation, Supreme Court decisions, presidential leadership, and citizen action

That case the consequence of which alongside Grutter v Bollinger (2003) was that universities could continue to use race as a 'plus factor' in evaluating applicants, provided they took sufficient care to evaluate each applicant's ability individually

That which Professor Richard Neustadt called the power of the President

A Supreme Court justice who interprets the Constitution in line with the intent of the framer's at the time of enactment

Those two events which most affected George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's ability to wield power, chronologically

The trend in the number of illegal immigrants entering the country during the Obama era