Constitutional Powers
In this role, the President is the head of the military, working with the Secretary of Defense and making final decisions regarding troop deployment.
What is Commander in Chief?
This inherent power is a formal rule or regulation issued by the President that has the effect of law without requiring Congressional approval.
What is an Executive Order?
This is the minimum number of electoral votes a presidential candidate must secure to win the election
What is 270?
What country does the President have to be a natural born citizen of in order to be president?
What is America?
When the President travels to another country to negotiate a trade agreement or form a diplomatic alliance, they are fulfilling this role.
What is Chief Diplomat?
This power allows the President to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.
What is Executive Privilege?
How does a state determine how many electors that it receives
What is the number of congressional districts plus two
How old does the President have to be in order to be President?
What is 35 years old?
When signing bills, proposing an annual budget, and submitting legislative recommendations to Congress, the President is performing the duties of this role.
What is Chief Legislator?
This tool is a formal international agreement entered into by the President that does not require the advice and/or consent of the U.S. Senate.
What is an Executive Agreement?
In what month do we vote for the President?
What is November?
How long does the President have to be a resident of the United States before he can be President?
What is 14 years?
This role requires the President to oversee the immense federal bureaucracy and ensure all federal laws are faithfully executed
What is Chief Executive
Who has the power to strike down an Executive Order, force the President to give information or reverse a decision made by the President should they use an inherent power unconstitutionally?
What is the SCOTUS?
This chamber of Congress gets to choose the President, with each state delegation receiving one vote, if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes
What is the House of Representatives?
What month is the President inaugurated?
What is January?
When the President hosts a White House dinner for a visiting foreign monarch, they are acting primarily in this ceremonial role.
What is Head of State
The Supreme Court case of United States v. Nixon (1974) placed the key limitation on Executive Privilege, ruling it must yield to this legal necessity.
What is when the President is involved in a pending criminal trial?
When you only take into account the 50 states, the number of available electors is 535, three shy of the total number of 538. Where do the final 3 electors come from?
What is the District of Columbia (D.C.)?
What article of the Constitution lays of the executive branch and the powers of the President?
What is Article 2?
This idea suggests that the President has an implied responsibility to speak for the people and carry out their will after winning a major election victory.
What is a Presidential Mandate?