Name______Hour: ______AP Government - Mr. W.B. Brooks Cheney's Law - Reading Quiz MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Who worked for nearly three decades "campaigning" to give the president virtually unlimited 1) wartime powers? A) John Yoo B) Geogre W. Bush C) Jack Goldsmith D) Dick Cheney
2) Charlie Savage writes about what topic? 2) A) history of the OLC B) John Ashcroft's autobiography C) rulings made by the Supreme Court D) executive privilege
3) According to Jane Mayer, who was pushing policy (war on terrorism) forward? 3) A) Addington B) Vice President Cheney C) OLC D) All are correct
4) What is the role of the OLC 4) A) Office which tells the executive branch what the law is B) To interpret what the Constitution is trying to say C) To advise the Attorney General D) All are correct
5) John Yoo claims that 5) A) His liberal views helped interpret the Constitution B) His loyalty to John Ashcroft should have made him the next Attorney General C) The president should have the same wartime powers that the British king had when it comes to issues of national security D) He never agreed with Cheney's views
6) Who is David Addington 6) A) Member of the OLC B) Attorney General C) Cheney's lawyer D) Reporter for the New York Times
7) What is John Ashcroft's title? 7) A) Deputy Assistant to the OLC B) President's Lawyer C) Attorney General D) Chief Justice
8) Who had "three initial reactions" to programs regarding the war on terrorism and the 8) constitutionality of them? A) John Woo B) Jack Goldsmith C) David Addington D) Dick Cheney
9) David Gergen claims that regardless of the how democracy works, there must be what? 9) A) A legitimacy of laws B) A healthy political culture C) A full disclosure of presidential actions D) Checks and balances
10) According to Douglas Kmiec (Assistant attorney general, 1985-89), who or what does he claim has 10) a "bullseye" or are the naysayers in government? A) OLC B) Attorney General C) President D) Vice-President
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