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Short Answer (20 points) 1) Which 3 presidents have issued the most pardons? 2) What are 2 types of White House staffing systems? 3) What are 3 factors for presidents when deciding who to appoint to federal courts? 4) What 3 presidents have vetoed the most bills? 5) What are 3 important presidential powers in foreign policy? 6) Who are the 3 presidents to have been impeached by the House? 7) What are the first 4 positions in the line of succession to the Presidency?

A young female is referred for recurrent epigastric pain. The sonographic finding is of an enlarged duct with a moving “tube” or parallel echogenic lines within the biliary tree. This could likely be caused by?

A construction company owed $30,000 to a local roofing company for an overdue bill from a past project. The two companies were located in a remote island. After some time, the construction company entered into a new project. The new project was not supposed to require any roof work, but as the roof turned out to need work unexpectedly, the construction company came to the roofing company for the roof work. The roofing company told the construction company that it was not going to do the new project unless the construction company first paid the $30,000 owed from the last project, plus interest. As the construction company was not equipped to do its own roofing work, it would have had to hire an off-island roofing company to do the job, which would have been exorbitant in cost. As a result, the construction company had to pay the roofing company the $30,000 plus interest that week before the roof work could begin, which then caused the construction company to default on an unrelated loan payment. If the construction company then sought to void the contract with the roofing company, the court

AutoRestorer was in the business of restoring and selling classic cars. It purchased a 1969 muscle car at an estate sale of an elderly gentleman who had enjoyed classic cars. The administrator of the estate sale informed AutoRestorer that the car would be ready for AutoRestorer to pick up at the conclusion of the estate sale at the end of business day that same day. AutoRestorer was not able to send a driver to pick up the car until the following morning, so the car sat on the driveway overnight. That very night, the car was vandalized and substantially damaged. The simple written agreement of purchase of items at the estate sale did not cover which party should bear such a loss, and neither party committed any breach. The party that should bear the damage is

A farmer who wanted to sell her land received a letter from a developer that stated the following offer, “I will pay you $1,100 an acre for your land.” The farmer’s letter of reply stated, “I accept your offer.” Unbeknownst to the farmer, the developer had intended to offer only $1,000 per acre but had mistakenly typed “$1,100.” As both parties knew, comparable land in the vicinity had been selling for $1,000 to $1,200 per acre. Which of the following states the probable legal consequences of the correspondence between the parties?

Tennis Emporium, whose headquarters were located in Woodward, contracted to buy 1,000 tennis balls from Tennis Balls, Co., which sold the balls from Springfield. The written contract called for the tennis balls to be delivered in Greenville a month after the contract was executed, payment due at delivery. Tennis Balls, Co. shipped the balls timely from Springfield using Rely-in-Us Carrier, a third-party carrier. During shipment, however, the tennis balls became damp and damaged when cans of tomato soup in the same shipment fell and soup spilled all over the balls. The contract was silent as to which party would bear the loss should the goods become damaged or destroyed during shipment. Neither Tennis Emporium nor Tennis Balls, Co. was at fault, and the loss of the balls was not insured. Which party should bear the loss?

Steve was renting a room above an antique store. The owner of the store kept some of his inventory in the backyard of the store which was a fenced- in area with a gate. The owner asked Able to keep an eye on the backyard in order to protect the items he stored there. One night a neighbor was having a party down the alley from the yard. Dan and Tom who were guests at the party, entered through the gate of the store owner’s backyard and picked up some chairs for the party going on at the neighbor’s house. Steve observed what was happening and yelled at Dan and Tom to get out and to leave the premises. They continued to walk away with the chairs and Steve fired two shots from his handgun which struck both Dan and Tom. The burglary statute in this jurisdiction includes “A person entering a fenced or otherwise enclosed commercial yard used for storing equipment or supplies with intent to commit grand or petty theft, or any felony.” Assume that this jurisdiction follows modern statutory law with standards similar to those adopted by the California Supreme Court. Steve is charged with aggravated assault. Does he have a valid defense?

Rex is a regular patron at Joe’s Tavern, a local bar in Norwalk, California. After consuming twelve beers, Joe finally determined that Rex had consumed enough and told him that he would not sell him any additional liquor. Rex became agitated and Joe had to have the security guard remove Rex from the premises. In the process of being thrown out of the tavern, Rex yelled at the security guard, “I’ll be back to take care of you.” About 20 minutes later Rex showed up at Joes Tavern again carrying a gun and shot at the security guard. Because of his intoxicated condition, Rex missed the security guard but hit another patron killing him.Rex is charged with express malice second degree murder in the State of California. Rex’s attorney argues that because of Rex’s intoxicated condition the court should permit a reduction of what would otherwise be murder to non-statutory voluntary manslaughter. A court is most likely to:

Painter entered into contract with Homeowner to paint Homeowner’s house neon green, payment due after the house was painted. Painter had painted most of the house when he stopped one day and decided to quit his job. Homeowner then had to finish painting the rest of the house himself. If the court found that Painter has substantially performed,

For patients with positional benign vertigo, researchers completed a systematic review of 9 RCTs to evaluate the effectiveness of the Epley maneuver combined with betahistine medication compared to the Epley maneuver alone for the outcome of self-perceive symptom reduction. The meta-analysis reported SMD = -0.61, 95% CI -0.96 to -0.26, p = 0.001. What can you infer from these results?