Powers and Limits
These types of powers of the President are found in Article II, Sections 1 and 2 AND Article 1, Section 7
What are Formal Powers?
Cabinet members are picked by the President and must be confirmed by this legislative chamber.
What is the Senate?
What is The Cabinet?
This President developed relationships with journalist, and coined the phrase Bully Pulpit (using a platform to promote the President's agenda)
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The total number of electors in the Electoral College.
What is 538?
The President uses an implied power from the "executive power(s) delegated by Congress to bypass Congress and essentially make law independently. This is known as an...
What is an Executive Order?
Who is the Secretary of Defense?
This type of bureaucracy do not have stockholders and do not pay dividends if they make a profit; instead, they retain all profits. Examples include the Post Office, and the FDIC.
What is a government corporation?
Fireside Chats were used by this president to directly address the public.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The winning Presidential candidate's slate of potential electors are appointed as the State's electors (all electoral votes go the winning presidential candidate) except in these two states.
What is Nebraska and Maine?
Implied from the "executive power(s)" delegated by Congress, the President can bypass Congress and advise and consent to make agreements with foreign nations. This is known as an...
What is an Executive Agreement?
This agency (with a seat on the President's Cabinet) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources
What is the Department of the Interior?
Outside of the cabinet departments, this agency makes and enforces rules and regulation and tend to function independently from the elected parts of government (ex: Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Election Commission and the Federal Reserve Board).
What is Independent Regulatory Agency?
Barak Obama used this strategy, which helped him to defeat Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.
What is the use of social media?
On this day after each election, each state's electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress in the year following the meeting of electors (members of the House and Senate meet to conduct the official count of electoral votes).
What is January 6?
This is an informal power of the presidency that informs Congress of the president's interpretation of the laws already passed by Congress and signed into law. This allows the president to express concerns about law and indicate that the law may not be implemented as intended by Congress, and is known as...
What is a signing statement?
The Cabinet's role is to is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member’s respective office., which is defined in the Constitution HERE
What is Article 2, Section 2?
DOGE (run by Elon Musk) is this type of federal bureaucracy that does not require any type of confirmation process from Congress. This type of bureaucracy (usually tempoary) is intended to investigate problems and make recommendation.
What is a Presidential Commission?
This President delivered the first State of the Union address in person since John Adams in 1800.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Colorado has this many electoral votes.
What is 10?
Ratified in 1951, this constitutional amendment limits the president to serving only two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The total number of Cabinet members.
What is 15?
This type of bureaucracy is designed to operate with some degree of independence from the President and Congress, allowing them to focus on their specific mission without undue political influence. Examples include the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), NTSB (National Transportation and Safety Board), and the EPA (Environmental Regulatory Agency).
What is an Independent Regulatory Agency?
This President creates the first official White House website and sends first email via AOL.
The electoral college was compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The electoral college is explained in this article and section of the Constitution.