Source: https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/2019-high-school-essay-contest-prompt
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 05:45:17
Document Index: 474559876

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 4', '§ 1', '§ 2']

2019 High School Essay Contest: Prompt | Middle District of Florida | United States District Court
2019 High School Essay Contest: Prompt
Suggested Background Resources
U.S. Const. art. I, § 2, cl. 5
House of Representatives impeachment power
U.S. Const. art. I, § 3 cl. 6
Senate power to try impeachments
U.S. Const. art. I, § 7, cl. 2
Legislative process; Executive veto power; Legislative veto-override power
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2
U.S. Const. art. II, § 4, cl.1
Executive removal by impeachment
U.S. Const. art. III, § 1, cl. 1
Legislative creation of inferior courts
U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl.3
Legislative regulation of court jurisdiction
James Madison laying out the separation of powers between Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches
James Madison discussing how different branches of government should have some ability to check the powers of the other branches
Alexander Hamilton discussing concept of checks and balances
Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137 (1803) (powers of the judicial branch)
Supreme Court first established that the judicial branch had the power to review actions taken by other branches of government and the ultimate power to determine the constitutionality of those actions.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (balance of powers between executive and legislative branches)
Supreme Court held that the President lacked the power to seize private property, i.e., private businesses, without express authorization by Congress.
United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) (balance of powers between the executive and judicial branches)
Supreme Court held that a claim of Presidential privilege in a criminal trial cannot override the needs of the judicial process if that claim is based on a generalized interest in confidentiality.
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) (balance of powers between the executive and judicial branches)
Supreme Court held that the President is entitled to absolute immunity from liability from civil damages based on his official acts.
I.N.S. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (balance of powers between the executive and legislative branches)
Supreme Court held that Congress cannot grant to itself the power to veto actions taken by the Executive branch, where that veto power does not comply with the bicameralism and presentment clauses of the Constitution.
Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997) (balance of powers between the executive and judicial branches)
Supreme Court held that a sitting President could not claim immunity from civil litigation for actions taken prior to taking office and unrelated to the President’s official duties.
Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998) (balance of powers between executive and legislative branch)
Supreme Court held that Congress violated the presentment clause by granting the President a line-item veto.
Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076 (2015) (balance of powers between executive and legislative branch)
Supreme Court held that the President, not Congress, has the exclusive power to recognize (or not) foreign nations.