Question 1: What is an executive order?
Question 2: Give two reasons why a president might issue an executive order.
Question 3: How can executive orders be subjected to the system of checks and balances? In other words, how can Congress or the Supreme Court prevent an executive order from being enforced?
Question 4: If you had an opportunity to speak to President Biden, what would you want him to know? What issues that are under the power of the federal government do you think he should address? Write at least 75 words.
Question 5: California has long been in a battle with the federal government. In fact, much of the state's history has been shaped in opposition to the federal government. Should California remove itself as a U.S. state and there be independent of the federal government? Why or why not? Write at least 75 words to explain your point of view.
Question 6: If you had an opportunity to speak to Governor Newsom, what would you want him to know? What issues that are under the power of the state government do you think he should address? Write at least 75 words.