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What Say the Constitution?
Presidential Powers
Checks & Balances
The Enforcers
Bureaucra-what?
100
According to the Constitution, you need to be this age in order to qualify for the presidency.
What is 35?
100
Address that the President gives on a yearly basis to Congress
What is the State of the Union?
100
This body holds approval power for all the President's appointments.
What is the Senate?
100

The U.S. Postal Service is an example of this type that provides a service that could be provided by the private sector

What is a government corporation?

100

The mutually dependent relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional subcommittees.

What are iron triangles?
200

Article that creates the executive branch, headed by the president, and defines his/her powers and duties.

What is Article II?
200
Presidential role associated with the president being the leader of the armed forces.
What is commander-in-chief?
200

This legislation, passed in 1973, placed restrictions on President's ability to use the military force.

What is the War Powers Resolution/Act?
200

NASA is an example of this that is not accounted for by cabinet departments, independent regulatory commissions, and government corporations that serve at the presidents pleasure

What is a independent executive agency?

200

The hiring and promotion system based on political reasons rather than on merit.

What is patronage?
300

Formal power of the President to release those convicted of federal crimes; though normally done after conviction.

What is pardon?
300
Informal power that allows the president to bypass Congress' treaty approval check.
What are executive agreements?
300

Specifically describe the two steps in the presidential impeachment process.

1. The House must vote to impeach with a simple majority (more than 50%) 2. The Senate conducts the trial and can convict an official if more than 2/3 of the Senate agrees.

300

The Cabinet department concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data, including the census, and helping to set industrial standards. 

What is the Department of Commerce?
300
The ability to create or abolish bureaucratic agencies is found here. 
What is Congress?
400

Amendment that restricts the president to two terms or less than 10 years in office.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

400

The right of the President to keep executive communications confidential, especially if they relate to national security

What is executive privilege?
400

Identify two ways that Congress may limit the power of the President.

withholding approval of appointments/treaties, overriding a veto, reject the President's budget, power of impeachment...

400

This independent federal government agency is responsible for protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of stock markets and facilitating capital formation.

What is the Securities and Exchanges Commission?
400

This federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics.

What is the Hatch Act?
500

This amendment describes what happens if a president dies or becomes unable perform his/her presidential duties.

What is the 25th Amendment?

500

Declared unconstitutional in the case of Clinton v. New York City, the ability of the President to veto parts of a spending bill without having to veto the entire bill.

What is What is Clinton v. City of New York?

500
Identify two primary ways the Executive branch limits the powers of Congress.

What is veto power, and policy implementation (deciding how (and whether) to enforce laws )?


500
These were the first four Cabinet departments.
What were State, Treasury, Justice and War (Defense)?
500

Tthe ability of bureaucrats to use their own judgement and make choices concerning the best way to implement federal laws.

What is bureaucratic discretion?