Edexcel Politics 8. US Politics: President and Supreme Court

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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

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

That office which 36 holders have acceded to having been elected, 8 on the death of the incumbent (in 4 cases by assassination), and 1 on the resignation of the incumbent

That which Schlesinger argued the formation of was allowed by foreign policy, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor giving Franklin D. Roosevelt the opportunity to break free of congressional checks, a pattern continued in Korea, Lebanon, Cuba, and Vietnam

A 1973 7:2 Supreme Court ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment right of 'liberty' included 'freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life' including the right of a woman to abort a pregnancy

The Constitution considered as a dynamic, living document, interpretation of which should take account of the views of contemporary society

That office which could be said to be a member of both the executive and legislature, though practically no legislative role besides breaking ties in the Senate is performed

One of the three principal agencies of the Executive Office of the President, that serves as his personal office, containing the staff who facilitate his communication with Congress, department and agency heads, the press, and the public

A 1789 act by Congress that further detailed the judiciary by establishing inferior courts and decreeing that there would be six Supreme Court justices, later fluctuating until settling at nine in 1869

That body in which Presidents try to ensure (though less so in Trump's) there is good representation of sex, race, region, age, and ideology, though region and age tend to reflect the President's own home state and age

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Where people with previous criminal convictions loose the right to vote, disproportionately being black, most starkly in Kentucky where the rate for black people was 26.1% compared to 9.1% for all Kentuckian adults

A 2015 5:4 Supreme Court ruling overturning the prohibition on same sex marriage based on equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, criticised for relying heavily on loose constructionist arguments and for being quasi-legislative

That the function of which is to coordinate intelligence and defence information with which it can provide non-partisan advice to the President on matters concerning foreign policy, security, and defence

A 2008 landmark Supreme Court case in which a 5:4 conservative majority declared unconstitutional - under an individualist interpretation of the Second Amendment - a 1976 District of Columbia law which banned the ownership of handguns and placed limitations on shotguns and rifles

That kind of persuasion a President may engage in such as by offering to support certain legislation, suggesting people for executive or judicial appointments, campaigning for people in coming elections (if they are of the same party), etc.

Those meetings which for the President are useful in that they allow him to meet the team, introduce his agenda, publically demonstrate an open and consultative administration, exchange information, debate and present policy and big issues, monitor and prompt action in Congress, and to maintain connections

An office of the larger White House Office, the members of which lobby Congress on the President's behalf

The head of the National Security Council who coordinates the agency and ensures the President is sufficiently informed with unbiased information, causing criticism of Obama's, Susan Rice, due to her political comments in office

The thirteen courts of appeal which serve as the second highest courts in the US, and from which the Supreme Court receives most of its appeals

A Supreme Court justice who interprets the Constitution strictly or literally, tending to stress the power of the states, and oftentimes being originalist