All Questions
Browse and explore our collection of civics questions. Test your knowledge across various topics and difficulty levels.
Navigate the implications of expansive presidential power.
⚖️scenario simulation
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Why is the October 2025 term called the "executive power term"?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
The Supreme Court typically takes a three-month summer recess but didn''t in 2025 due to Trump emergency applications.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What can citizens do to influence Supreme Court decisions on executive power?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Judge Karin Immergut, who blocked Trump''s Portland National Guard deployment, was appointed by Trump in his first term.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What free speech case involves Colorado''s conversion therapy ban?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What pattern characterizes the Court''s relationship with Trump administration in emergency cases?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What voting rights case is on the October 2025 docket?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Trump attempted to deploy National Guard units to cities over state and local officials'' objections.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
How many shadow docket decisions did the Supreme Court issue during Trump''s first eight months in office?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What significant immunity decision from last term affects this term''s cases?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
The Court''s frequent shadow docket rulings create a "feedback loop" encouraging more emergency applications.
⚖️True/False
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
How could striking down IEEPA tariffs affect Trump''s trade negotiation strategy?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
Trump''s tariffs remain in effect while the Supreme Court considers their legality.
💰True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What can businesses do to protect their right to tariff refunds if the Supreme Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What makes this tariff case a "major question" for the Supreme Court?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What constitutional issue could arise even if IEEPA technically authorizes tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What economic rationale does Trump claim for reciprocal tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What historical precedent exists for presidential tariff authority?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
Trump''s trafficking tariffs specifically target Mexico, Canada, and China for allegedly failing to stop fentanyl flows.
💰True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
If the Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs, importers who paid duties may be entitled to refunds.
💰True/False
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
How many lower federal courts ruled against Trump''s IEEPA tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
Which branch has constitutional authority to impose tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What are the two categories of tariffs Trump imposed under IEEPA?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
The Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments on Trump''s IEEPA tariffs for November 2025.
💰True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What was the International Emergency Economic Powers Act originally designed to do?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
How did Trump''s IEEPA tariffs specifically harm Learning Resources?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
How did Humphrey''s Executor distinguish itself from Myers v. United States (1926)?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
⚖️True/False
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What does the Federal Trade Commission primarily regulate?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What can citizens do to influence whether independent agencies maintain removal protections?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Navigate the implications of eliminating independent agency protections.
⚖️scenario simulation
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
When will the Supreme Court hear oral arguments on whether to overturn Humphrey''s Executor?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What did Justice Kagan criticize in her dissent from the stay order?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
How does the FTC''s statutory structure ensure bipartisan balance?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya was also fired by Trump but his case hasn''t reached the Supreme Court yet.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Trump removed Rebecca Slaughter from the FTC without providing a reason that met the "for cause" standard required by federal law.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Besides the FTC, which other independent agencies saw commissioners removed by Trump?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
If the Supreme Court overturns Humphrey''s Executor, what would be the immediate practical effect?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What distinguishes independent agencies like the FTC from executive agencies?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Why did the Supreme Court in Humphrey''s Executor uphold removal protections for FTC commissioners?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What distinguishes independent agencies like the FTC from executive agencies?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What did the Supreme Court rule about universal injunctions in Trump v. CASA?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky wrote that there had never been anything like the volume of lawsuits challenging presidential actions as in 2025.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What did Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship attempt to do?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
What did the 2024 Trump v. United States decision establish about presidential immunity?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
How many emergency "shadow docket" decisions did the Supreme Court issue during summer 2025 recess?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Why did Trump attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
The Supreme Court's October 2025 term focuses heavily on executive power with Trump administration policies featuring in multiple major cases.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
The Supreme Court's October 2025 docket includes a Louisiana case that could end Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
⚖️True/False
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court opens October 2025 term with executive power docket
Which branch of government does the Constitution grant the power to levy tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
When did the Supreme Court schedule oral arguments for the consolidated tariff cases?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What reasoning did the D.C. District Court use to rule IEEPA doesn't authorize tariffs?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
The Federal Circuit Court ruled 7-4 that Trump's IEEPA tariffs exceeded his authority but stayed its ruling until October 14, 2025.
💰True/False
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
How much did Learning Resources and hand2mind estimate they'd pay in tariffs in 2025 compared to 2024?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What law did Trump invoke to impose his sweeping Liberation Day tariffs in April 2025?
💰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court will decide if Trump tariffs exceed congressional authority
What warning did Justice Elena Kagan give in her dissent when the Court allowed Slaughter's firing?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 4
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya continued his lawsuit against Trump through the Supreme Court proceedings.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Why did Trump fire both Democratic FTC commissioners in March 2025?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935) was a unanimous Supreme Court decision limiting presidential power to fire FTC commissioners.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
How did lower federal courts initially rule on Slaughter's firing before the Supreme Court intervened?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
What was the Supreme Court's immediate action when Trump attempted to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Supreme Court hears Trump challenge to independent agency protections
Congressional Republicans actively negotiated with Democrats to end the October 2025 shutdown that enabled these funding freezes.
🚇True/False
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Analyze this headline: "Trump Puts Infrastructure Projects on Hold to Review Race-Based Contracting." What framing issues exist?
🚇media literacy
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Match each historical legal precedent to how it applies to Chicago's frozen transit funding.
🚇Matching
Level 5
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Categorize these appropriations powers as belonging to either "Congress (Article I)" or "President (Article II)."
🚇Categorization
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
This graph shows projected economic impacts from Chicago's Red Line Extension. What does the funding freeze reveal about administration priorities?
🚇graph
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Categorize these presidential actions as either "Legal Under Current Law" or "Violates Impoundment Control Act."
🚇Categorization
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Arrange these Trump administration funding freeze announcements in chronological order during the October 2025 shutdown.
🚇Timeline
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Match each Chicago community to the specific transit impact they face from the funding freeze.
🚇Matching
Level 2
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
You're a member of the House Transportation Committee. Chicago's $2.1 billion in transit funding was frozen during the shutdown. What's your response?
🚇scenario simulation
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program that Vought criticized has been ruled unconstitutional by federal courts.
🚇True/False
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What pattern emerged in the Trump administration's infrastructure funding freezes during the October 2025 shutdown?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Trump can legally withhold congressionally-appropriated funds without congressional approval under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
🚇True/False
Level 4
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Which two specific Chicago Transit Authority projects had their federal funding frozen?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Which Chicago communities would lose the most access if the Red Line Extension is permanently blocked?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What reason did OMB Director Russell Vought give for freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What automatic reply did people receive when emailing the White House press office during the shutdown?
⏰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: White House launches "Democrat Shutdown" clock despite GOP control of government
The Red Line Extension project would be the first time the Far South Side of Chicago has had direct access to the Red Line.
🚇True/False
Level 2
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What was Trump's stated justification for freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What did Speaker Mike Johnson announce about House votes during the shutdown stalemate?
🔁Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
On October 7, 2025, what was the vote count for the Republican continuing resolution in the Senate?
🔁Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
Which federal programs did the White House website cite as immediately affected by the shutdown?
⏰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: White House launches "Democrat Shutdown" clock despite GOP control of government
What percentage of CTA projects with federal funding must go to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) between 2025-2027?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What was the main sticking point preventing Senate Democrats from supporting the Republican continuing resolution?
⏰Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: White House launches "Democrat Shutdown" clock despite GOP control of government
What did the White House website display after midnight on October 1, 2025?
⏰Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: White House launches "Democrat Shutdown" clock despite GOP control of government
Mayor Brandon Johnson compared Trump's freeze to what other administration decision to highlight the contradiction?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
What legal protection did the CTA secure in January 2025 to prevent Trump from clawing back Red Line Extension funding?
🚇Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Trump freezes $2.1B Chicago transit funding citing "race-based contracting"
Which three Democrats consistently voted with Republicans on the continuing resolution across all five votes?
🔁Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced they would stop voting on the same bills repeatedly and try new approaches.
🔁True/False
Level 2
Topic: Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
How long would the Republican continuing resolution have funded the government if it had passed?
🔁Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
Democrats controlled the Senate when the White House launched its "Democrat Shutdown" clock.
⏰True/False
Level 2
Topic: White House launches "Democrat Shutdown" clock despite GOP control of government
Hunter Biden faced separate federal tax charges in California in addition to the Delaware gun case.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
How did congressional Republicans respond to Hunter Biden's conviction?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
How long did Hunter Biden possess the gun before his then-girlfriend disposed of it?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
Hunter Biden and prosecutors had negotiated a plea deal that fell apart in court, leading to the trial.
⚖️True/False
Level 3
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
What is the maximum potential prison sentence Hunter Biden faces for the three felony gun convictions?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden to ensure independence from political influence.
⚖️True/False
Level 2
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
Which piece of Hunter Biden's own writing did prosecutors use as key evidence of his drug use?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 2
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction
What did President Biden say about potentially pardoning Hunter Biden after the conviction?
⚖️Multiple Choice
Level 3
Topic: David Weiss prosecutes Hunter Biden to felony conviction