Unit 2 Free-Response Questions: Prompt 3 — Unit test
Question 14 • AP US Government and Politics
Refer to the passage.He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.–US Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Paragraph 2
Answer
A
By hiring and firing individual civil servants at will, the president maintains control over regulatory enforcement.
B
By selecting heads of agencies, the president can push a set agenda that is passed down to individual bureaucrats.
C
By appointing individual law-enforcement personnel, the president can dictate which laws are enforced and which are ignored.
D
By nominating judges, the president can select individuals who will fulfill the goals of the administration by approving executive actions.
Explanation
The passage gives the president a role in nominating and appointing many federal officers, including officials who lead agencies, with the Senate’s advice and consent. By choosing agency heads, a president can influence how agencies carry out laws and pass the administration’s priorities down through the bureaucracy. The passage does not give the president power to hire and fire every civil servant at will or dictate that laws be ignored.
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