A claim by a victyorious candidate that the electorate has given him/her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
What is a Mandate
100
Title making the president the highest military authority in the United States.
What is Commander in Chief
100
States "The Executive Power shall be invested in a President of the United States"
What is Article II of the Constitution
100
Like a treaty because it is a contract between two countries, but does not require senate approval.
What is an Executive Agreement
200
Claim that confidential communications between a president and close advisors should not be revealed without consent of the president.
What is Executive Privilage
200
Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution but are inferred from it.
What are inherent powers.
200
Age must one be to qualify to be president.
What is 35?
200
Programs President Roosevelt implentented during his 1st 1000 days in office. Considered one of the most important events in American History.
What was the New Deal?
200
Concept that the president should be more inclined to represent the national interest, paying less attention to party politics and bureaucracies.
What is Public Interest?
300
The heads of all major departments of the federal government with no constitutional status.
What is the Cabinet?
300
Specific powers granted to the president under Article II, Sections 2 and 3, of the Constitution
What are expressed powers
300
Term used to describe the president has the authority to make some decisions without approval from other institutions.
What is Unitary decider?
300
Court case used as an example of the New Deal debate, affirmed a federal role in regulation of the national economy.
What was National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation?
300
In 1998 the Supreme Court ruled this action unconstitutional, removing the power from the president.
What is Line-Item Veto
400
Permanent agencies that perform defined management tasks for the president such as office of management and budget and the national security council.
What is Executive Office of the President (EOP)?
400
The president's constitutional power to turn down acts of congress as assigned by Article I, section 7 of the constitution.
What is Veto Power
400
System of presidential candidates being nominated by their party's congressional delegates prior to national conventions and primary elections.
What is Caucus System?
400
An example was when President Eisenhower sent 1000 paratroopers to Little Rock in spite of Governer Fabus' efforts to stop desegregation.
What is Military Power?
400
Term used to describe president's power to grant pardons, reprieves and amnestities to individuals or groups who may be a threat to the security of the United States
What is Judicial Power?
500
The famous sign on President Truman's desk states:
What is "The Buck Stops Here"
500
Constitutional powers that are assigned to one government agency but excercised by another agency with the express permission of the first
What are delegated powers.
500
Problems congress faces in making quick and effective decisions is an example of
What is collective decision making?
500
Besides the duty of succeeding the President in the case of death, his other duty established in the constitution is to act as tie breaking vote in the senate.
Who is the Vice-President
500
As a decision-making institution, the presidency is perhaps America's most or least democratic entity.