The AP US Government and Politics Thread

<p>Inherent powers are powers that are not enumerated by the Constitution, therefore the power is implied. President buying land, for example.</p>

<p>Enumerated Powers include:
Presidential veto, being Commander-in-Chief, Chief Ambassador, setting the legislative agenda via State of the Union…All of your typical Article II stuff.</p>

<p>Well, got that one wrong.<br>
And I second Black’s Law on the shared policy areas for cooperative federalism. did anyone else get that?<br>
I am so annoyed because I was so close to putting down the correct answer for one of the MC but then I decided to leave it blank.</p>

<p>I believe I put the same as you guys. Cooperative Federalism is where different levels of government work together to advance policy. Federal working with State, etc…</p>

<p>Meh, what’s done is done.</p>

<p>Nothing we can do about the test now :p</p>

<p>I could stop time and give everyone low scores…raise the curve.</p>

<p>Do political parties represent broad interests?</p>

<p>Yes. Interest Groups represent narrow interests.</p>

<p>For example, the NRA focuses on 2nd Amendment Issues, while the Republican Party will usually include something involving less gun control within their platform.</p>

<p>Yesss, thank you.</p>

<p>thinking, thinking, thinking…</p>

<p>just general q’s:</p>

<p>so Supreme Court justices serve life terms, but do federal judges also serve life terms on good behavior?</p>

<p>Are PACs part of the political party organization, or do they control presidential campaigns?</p>

<p>For your first question, all federal judges that are not on legislative courts hold life time tenure on good behavior. (Article III, Section 1)</p>

<p>One in particular bugged the hell out of me…</p>

<p>TEE HEE</p>

<p>Yeah, seriously. I think that was a trick question, and I gave into the trick.</p>

<p>I’ll PM you.</p>

<p>I dont remember it.</p>

<p>Lasko, I PMed you.</p>

<p>Wut was the trick?</p>

<p>Actually there was no trick, I’m just really stupid. XD
You probably got it right, it was the obvious answer.</p>

<p>what has the supreme court ruled about the death penalty?</p>

<p>not necessarily unconstitutional</p>

<p>Cruel and Unusual Punishment was tried against Capitol punishment in 3 Supreme Court cases. You cannot use the Death Penalty without a legitimate form of use, i.e. targetting a certain group of individuals (namely African Americans). Also, the SC decided that the death penalty cannot be applied to the mentally ■■■■■■■■ or people who committed crimes who were minors during the offense.</p>

<p>Death Penalty is legitimate til this day.</p>

<p>CDAPGOVREVIEW </p>

<p>if anyone’s still interested in discussing.</p>