What the Constitution Says
This role makes the President the head of the armed forces.
What is Commander in Chief? (Art. II, § 2)
Powers claimed by presidents because they are necessary to carry out the job are called these.
What are implied powers?
This advisory group of department heads is not mentioned as a requirement of the President.
What is the Cabinet?
The Vice President's job in Congress is this.
What is Preside over the Senate/be the President of the Senate?
This person is the current President of the United States.
Who is Donald Trump?
The President can make treaties, but they only become binding with this Senate requirement.
What is a two-thirds (2/3) vote of approval?
When Congress gives authority to the executive branch to implement laws, this is called ____ power.
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) exists primarily to do this to the President.
What is perform management roles.
The Vice President may only have a vote in the Senate if this occurs.
What is a tied vote?
This person is currently the Vice President.
Who is JD Vance?
This expressed power allows the President to nominate federal judges.
What is the appointment power?
These powers flow from the idea that the president has more powers than listed in the Constitution due to the rights, duties, and obligations of the presidency.
What are inherent powers?
This group coordinates national security and related foreign policy across agencies.
What is the National Security Council (NSC)?
This person was the first female Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This president delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The President must periodically provide this to Congress.
What is the State of the Union Address/Report? (Art. II, §3)
Sending troops into conflict without a formal declaration of war is an example often justified using these powers.
What are inherent/implied powers?
What is the Senate?
If both the President and Vice President cannot serve, succession moves to this position.
What is the Speaker of the House?
This building was famously burned by the British during the War of 1812.
What is the White House?
This expressed legislative power allows the President to reject laws passed by Congress if they are not in session.
What is a pocket veto?
The U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Nixon is the first legal recognition of this implied power.
What is executive privilege.
All legislation and executive orders of the White House go through this office which holds tremendous power over the entire executive branch.
What is the Office of Management and Budget (OMB, under the EOP)?
If the Vice Presidency becomes vacant, the President nominates a replacement and they must be approved by _____________.
What is both chambers of Congress?
This President led the largest peacetime expansions of the federal government.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?