CHECKS on the PRESIDENCY [AP Gov Review Unit 2 Topic 5 (2.5)]

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In this video Heimler walks you through Unit 2 Topic 5 of the AP Government curriculum which is all about checks on the presidency. As you no doubt know by now, the Constitution has set up our system of government so that there is a separation of powers and checks and balances.

When it comes to the presidency, it is usually the Senate which exercises a lot of the check power (though certainly not ONLY the Senate). Because of the Senate's constitutional role to grant advice and consent, that means the Senate is responsible for confirming presidential appointments. This usually doesn't cause much of a fight in the cases of ambassador appointments or cabinet appointments, but things get saucy when we get into the realm of federal court appointments, especially Supreme Court appointments. If the president isn't careful about federal judge appointments, they might just find themselves BORKED.

[federalisticnewyorkians]

1:35. Historically is this current cycle of cabinet nominees the most contraversial on record or is this normal?

[Emmie]

Thanks, however I'm not doing the AP Gov class, but my civics teacher recommended if I am interested to do this class. Yet, I don't want to, so I've self-studied and this has helped me. My civics teacher recommended to be able to catch up with their work and catch up with the stuff they're teaching, and I have caught up with them. I want to take the AP Gov exam, but I'm late and I have not signed up (because I'm not in the class obvs). I'm thinking of taking the late exam, and signing up and hopefully passing. And if it doesn't work out, I will take the class next year and sign up for the exam earlier. I want to be be able to self-study everything, so even if next year comes and I do the AP Gov class, I'm always ahead and understand everything I've been learning. It's interesting to me.

[izwoofletime]

Am I going crazy, or is there no mention on impeachment in the "checks on the presidency" video?

[diyagupta]

Hi Mr. Heimler, I'm not sure if the AP gov videos are for ap US Gov or ap Gov comparative. Can you please confirm that for us? Thank you!

[BriePierce]

Watching this after the 2024 presidential elections is almost comedic. Trumps cabinet appointees are all over the place. Didn't realize the senate could actually do anything about it though.

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