Constitutional Structure of President
According to the Constitution, you need to be this age in order to qualify for the presidency.
What is 35?
Address that the President gives on a yearly basis to Congress
What is the State of the Union?
The branch of government that shares the presidents treaty-making power
What is Congress (or the Legislative Branch)?
All of the paperwork and procedures that have to be followed when trying to access the bureaucracy
What is red tape?
The need for a single person energetic executive
What is the message of Federalist 70?
Amendment that restricts the president to two terms or less than 10 years in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Presidential role associated with the president being the leader of the armed forces.
What is commander-in-chief?
This body of Congress selects the president in the case of a tie in the Electoral College
What is the House of Representatives?
A person in the line of succession who remains in an undisclosed location during the State of the Union Address.
Who is the designated survivor?
14 years
What is the residency requirement for President?
What is the 25th amendment?
Presidential role associated with appointments
What is Chief Executive?
The President can allow a bill to become a law without his signature through the...
What is the pocket veto?
Number of Cabinet departments.
What is 15?
Two roles of the President not officially described in the Constitution (traditional roles)
What are Chief of State and Chief of Party?
The president may be impeached for treason, _____, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
What is bribery?
This informal power of the president allows the president to create "laws" without the approval of Congress
What are executive orders?
The right to keep executive communications confidential, especially if they relate to national security
What is executive privilege?
Congressional committee, bureaucratic agency, interest group
What composes an iron triangle?
Main reason many Presidents use executive orders in recent years
What is to go around an uncooperative Congress?
The MAXIMUM number of years a president can hold office following the passage of the 22nd amendment.
What is 10 years?
The informal power that allows the president to bypass Congress' treaty approval check
What is executive agreements
Name of the law passed by Congress to limit the powers of the president as Commander-in-Chief
What is the War Powers Resolution (or War Powers Act)?
Type of federal agency run by boards that often regulate important parts of the economy/business
What are independent regulatory commissions?
Top advisor to the President that does not require Senate confirmation?
Who is the Chief of Staff?