The executive branch of government: President

Question 1

Congress checks President

Answer 1

override vetoes with a 2/3 majority in each house
- Congress overrode Trump’s veto of a defence spending bill in 2021 - first time it happened

Power of the purse - money for president policies must be voted on in each house
- Gov shut down Dec 2018 for 35 days over funding for Trump’s wall

Amend/delay/reject the presidents legislation.
- Obama Care passed in 2010 - but significantly amended the form

Senate has the power to confirm/reject nominations for judicial and executive positions
- Withdrawal of Harriet Miers Nom by Bush in 2005 over the dispute

Question 2

Court Checks on President

Answer 2

Judicial Review.-Obama bypassing congress to make appointments to labour relations pannel.
- In 2017, put a restraining order on Trump’s executive order that banned people from 7 muslim majority countries entering the US

Question 3

• Party support in Congress

Answer 3

Divided government
Obama = lack of of success in passing greater background checks on guns = NRA lobbied congressmen 2015

Trump= executive order = tried to removal federal funding from states that didn’t enforce immigration enforcement = blocked by sc

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

formal constitutional restraints = always the same
- political circumstances = determine how they are applied

Question 5

Public opinion

Answer 5

Trump low - highest was at 49%
GW bush after 9/11 = 90%

Question 6

Example of court not supporting president

Answer 6

Bostock v Clayton County

Civil Rights act 1964 - for sexual orientation
6-3 decision with Gorsuch majority opinion = trump was against it