What is the role of the president where they: are the policy maker, have to deliver a union address, and can veto legislation
Chief legislator
Definition of a informal power:
It is necessary for the president to carry out the operation but is not directly given to him in the constitution.
FDR's internment of Japanese during World War II was a...
Executive Order
How many presidents have been assassinated? (name all to get double points)
4
Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McHenry, and FDR
Name two ways the president's power can be checked.
Judicial Review, Impeachment
Definition of Chief Executive:
Head of the Executive Branch, Carries out laws, overseas the burcarries
Definition of enumerated powers:
Powers directly in the constitution give to president.
Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana purchase was...
A executive agreement (between France and US)
Who broke the tradition of only serving two terms and was responsible for the creation of the 22nd Amendment?
FDR
The Supreme Court decides the president is not acting under the powers of the constitution this is an example of:
Judicial review
What is the role of the president where they: Campaign, endorse candidates and lead party agenda.
Party Leader
Why was the War Powers Resolution controversial in terms of the constitutional issue?
The president is the commander in chief well Congress decides when the United States would go to war or not. So who wins over the other?
Trumans desegregation of the military was an example of...
A Executive Order
How does the electoral college work?
Each state has a number of electors assigned to them by population size. The winner of that state selects the electors to select the president.
How does the legislative branch check the president's power if he would commit a high crime?
the legislative branch can: impeach the president (house) and then have a trial in the Senate (SCOTUS Chief is Judged).
Definition of Chief Diplomat:
the President can meet and guide with other foreign heads of state to try to create treaties which then are ratified by the Senate ( the president is the figurehead of the United States)
How does the president oversee the bureaucracy
By selecting 15 members in his cabinets which are heads of the departments. Control each agency's budget through executive orders.
Nixon's Vietnam peace agreement was an example of a
What is a executive agreement?
When was the last time president George W Bush though out the first pitch at a baseball game.
At the 2023 WS!
What two ways the president can check the legislative branch.
By vetoing a bill. By using a pocket veto.
What is the role of the president where they are top of the chain of command and can respond to a threat more quickly than Congress.
Commander in chief
Explain presidential pardons and its nuances.
The president can have the authority to release individuals from legal consequences. "get out of jail free card"
However it only hurts the president's reputation so it happens towards the end of a term (Need Both)
Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation was...
Executive order
because it was A order within United States ( rebelling territories) to free the slaves. Not between heads of states. The Northerners refused to consider the south and independent nation just under Rebellion.
What is the main argument of federalists 70?
A single executive is needed for a quick response, being able to blame easier, no disagreement between heads.
How is US V Nixon an example of checks on the executive branch?
The Supreme Court ruled that the president did not have executive privilege all the time (not in criminal investigations) so the Supreme Court kept the executive branches power in control.