Agencies
Agencies that regulate or control part of the economy
What are Regulatory agencies?
strict rules, specialized functions, hierarchy levels of authority
What are the characteristics of a Bureaucracy?
Role in which the president recommends legislation, signing statements, can sign or veto, executive orders
Legislative leader
What are two grounds for impeaching the president?
treason, bribery
This amendment changed date of Presidential inauguration (swearing-in) to January 20th, stated that congress begins on Jan. 30th, and is also known as the "Lame-duck" Amendment.
20th Amendment
Federal agencies independent of the executive departments, but still report to the president
What are independent agencies?
A sub govt made up of bureaucratic agency, interest groups, and congressional committees.
What is the iron triangle?
Role in which the president nominates federal justices, can pardon, commute, or issue reprieves
Judicial leader
What is the model in which congress enacts laws, president decides whether to enforce and how to interpret (gives more power to the executive branch than Constitution originally did)
New government model
Amendment that limits the president to two terms or 10 years.
What is amendment 22?
Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
What is devolution?
The money that could hypothetically be available to spend (a max amount)
What are Authorization Bills
Role in which the president handles fiscal policy, initiates annual budget
Economic leader
The 1974 case in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that the doctrine of executive priveledge was implicit in the Constitution but could not be extended to protect documents relevant to criminal prosecutions.
United States v. Nixon (1973)
What case outlines the Constitution does not protect the President from federal civil litigation involving actions committed before entering office.
What is clinton vs. jones?
To change from government or public ownership or control to private ownership or control
What is privitization?
A wasteful overlap of agency services
What is duplication?
Role in which the president negotiate treaties, executive agreements, appoint/receive ambassadors.
Chief diplomat
A term used to describe the threat to ur government posed by presidents who overreach their powers and don’t have any checks on them (president pushes/exceeds limits of the powers granted to them in the Constitution)
Imperial presidency
Which amendment outlines residential Succession (who takes over when he dies or resigns)
Amendment 25
Senate approves presidents appointments by majority vote, appointment of a cabinet officer or someone of high importance is rarely turned down
What are appointments?
Gov-owned business organizations that operate like businesses but operated by gov
What are government corporations?
Role in which the president rallies party base, campaigns for other party members
Party Leader
Government agency created by the Pendleton Act of 1883 to fill federal jobs on the basis of merit
What is the Civil Service Commission
Congress flips or approval ratings go down.
What is the likely outcome of midterms?