Explain what signing statements have been used to do and what the trends have been with respect to their use throughout history.
What will be an ideal response?
? To express presidential attitudes about laws
? To instruct the executive branch as to how a law should be implemented
? To express some doubt as to the constitutionality of some part of a law
? Presidents have used them since the beginning of the Republic, and they have become even more common in the twentieth century.
? President Obama, who campaigned against them, has used them.
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Powers specifically mentioned in the Constitution as belonging to the national government are called __________ powers
a. constitutional b. supremacy c. federal d. enumerated
Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) governors are not removable EXCEPT for cause in order to ______.
a. obtain a degree of independence for the Fed from economic influence b. limit Congressional authority in monetary policy creation c. allow the president to set his or her monetary policy most effectively d. give foreign lenders a sense of stability in U.S. monetary policy