US Constitution Examples 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Government & PoliticsConstitutional frameworks of US governmentA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: KristinaCreated on: 18-05-13 17:25 Attempts to amend the constitution Flag desecration achieved the 2/3 majority in the Senate multiple times during the Clinton and Bush presidencies, but never passed in the Senate 1 of 22 State of the Union Address Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address included a focus on gun control 2 of 22 Use of veto Clinton used the regular veto 36 times and pocket veto once. Only 2 of his vetoes were overridden by Congress 3 of 22 Justices nominated by Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan 4 of 22 Power of pardon Clinton pardoned famous bank robber Patty Hearst 5 of 22 Congress rejection of proposed legislation Senate blocked Obama's DREAM Act 6 of 22 Congress overriding veto Bush vetoed the Medicare Improvements Act but was overriden 7 of 22 Power of the purse Limits on military funding placed on Reagan, leading to withdrawal of Marines from Lebanon. Also attempted to limit George W. Bush's Iraq spending 8 of 22 Senate ratification of treaties Rejected a recent treaty signed by Clinton banning nuclear tests 9 of 22 Congress power to declare war Last used during WWII 10 of 22 Senate confirmation of appointments By 2011, the Senate had blocked over 20% of Obama's judicial & executive appointments 11 of 22 Congress investigation in committees George W. Bush's handling of national security after 9/11 was investigated in committee 12 of 22 Impeachment of presidents By a simple majority in the House and trial needing 2/3 majority in the Senate, e.g. Clinton impeached and found not guilty by the Senate 13 of 22 Impeachment of federal judges Samuel Kent of Texas was impeached in 2009 and then resigned 14 of 22 Congress proposal of constitutional amendments to overturn SCOTUS decisions Rehnquist court struct down a law against flag burning, and an amendment has now been proposed repeatedly 15 of 22 SCOTUS overturning Acts of Congress as unconstitutional Roberts Court struct down parts of Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act 16 of 22 Gridlock 2010 midterms, Republicans took control of the House and Obama struggled with gridlock, facing opposition to many appointments and much legislation 17 of 22 Checks less effective during divided govt Reduced to partisan nastiness e.g. treatment of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas by a Democratic Senate 18 of 22 Dual federalism Fed govt. limited mainly to money, war and peace - states and fed each guarded powers jealously. Layer cake 19 of 22 Co-operative federalism Fed. govt. issued categorical grants and operated in areas it previously did not like education, transport and welfare 20 of 22 New federalism Movement back to decentralisation, block grants 21 of 22 Federalism under GWB Largest increase in inflation-adjusted spending since Johnson, creation of Dept. of Homeland Security, financial crisis & war in Iraq 22 of 22
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