[ 181 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Which claim is supported by the information in the excerpt and the table? a. Presidents rarely use the pocket veto. b. Congress is better able to overturn regular vetoes than pocket vetoes. c. Congress does not have the authority to overturn presidential vetoes. d. Early presidents were less apt to use veto power than today’s presidents. Read the paragraph below and answer the following two questions. On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She then met with the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions about her experiences. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved of Sotomayor’s nomination and sent it to the Senate for a vote. The Senate approved Barack Obama’s nomination by a vote of 68 to 31. Sotomayor was sworn into office on August 8, 2009, becoming the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the Supreme Court. The nomination process demonstrates a check of which branch of government on the power of the other two branches? a. legislative b. judicial c. executive d. none of these