A pocket veto is when
A) Congress overrides a president's veto.
B) the president negates particular provisions of a law while letting the remainder stand.
C) the president fails to sign a law that was passed by Congress within 10 days of the session adjournment.
D) the president makes a major appointment that ordinarily requires congressional confirmation after Congress has adjourned.
E) the president signs a law that was passed by Congress but then tries to block its implementation.
Question 2
Judicial review can be defined as
A) all cases argued before the Court that arrive upon the Court's grant.
B) the prior decisions judges should stick to when deciding cases.
C) the power of the courts to declare null and void laws of Congress that they find unconstitutional.
D) a theory of constitutional interpretation that determines the constitutionality of a law by ascertaining the intentions of those who wrote and ratified the Constitution.
E) a theory of constitutional interpretation that determines the constitutionality of a law in light of what the words of the Constitution obviously seem to say.
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