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Question 0

It is known as _____ of the National Guard when the states National Guard forces or other state militia is brought under the authority of the US president through a formal and constitutional declaration by the president

Answer 0

Nationalization or federalization

Question 1

The pardoning power of the Texas governor was reduced through the creation of the board of pardons and paroles following public suspicion that Governor _______ had made money through the selling of pardons

Answer 1

Miriam ferguson

Question 2

It is known as a _____ when a governmental executive postpones the execution of a sentence imposed by a court of law

Answer 2

Clemency

Question 3

It is known as ______ when the chief executive takes action to return an escaped fugitive to the legal jurisdiction from which the individual escaped

Answer 3

Extradition or interstate rendition

Question 4

Currently, the only action the Texas governor can take with regard to a convicted person without written recommendation, of the board of pardons and paroles is to _____

Answer 4

Issue a thirty-day stay of execution

Question 5

In order for the Texas Legislature to remove the Texas governor through the process of impeachment it takes a majority vote of the Texas House of Representatives and a _____ of the Texas Senate

Answer 5

Two-thirds