Vocab
What is Impeachment?
The process of removing a president from office, with articles of impeachment issued by a majority vote in the House of Representatives, followed by a trial in the Senate, with a two thirds vote necessary to convince and remove.
What is Veto?
Formal rejection by the president of a bill that has passed both houses of congress.
How can presidential approval ratings affect a President's ability to perform their job?
-Agenda Setting
-Fear of Retribution
-Bargaining Power
-Re-elected
What are the qualifications to be President?
-Natural Born Citizen
-35 Years Old
-Live in the U.S for 14 consecutive years
List two examples of a "formal" presidential power and an "informal" presidential power?
Formal: Commander in Chief, Make Treaties, Appointment of Ambassadors, Veto, Granting Pardons, Appointment Power, etc
Informal: Executive Order, Executive Agreements, Bully Pulpit, Singing Statements, etc
What is Pocket Veto?
An informal veto is caused when the president chooses not to sign a bill within ten days, during a time when Congress had adjourned at the end of a session.
What is Executive Agreement?
An agreement between a president and another nation that does not have the same durability as a treaty but does not require senate ratification.
What is Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2002)?
-The president cannot restrict rights of American citizens, even in times of war.
-"a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens." - Sandra Day O'Connor
What is Presidential Pardon?
Presidential authority to release individuals convicted of a crime from legal consequences and set aside punishment for a federal crime (except Impeachment). Granted normally in the final days and weeks in office.
What are two roles of the Vice President?
-President of the Senate (Breaks a tie in Senate
-25th amendment (VP first in line order of succession)
-Sometimes acting president
What is Bully Pulpit?
The president appeals to the public to pressure other branches of government to support his or her policies.
What is Executive Order?
Policy respective issues issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval.
What is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)?
Undocumented individuals who came to the U.S before the age of sixteen and who were in, or recently graduate from, school could seek a deferment on their deportation.
What are three ways the President's power can be limited? Explain.
Impeachment: The process of removing a president from office, with articles of impeachment issued by a majority vote in the House of Representatives, followed by a trial in the Senate, with two-thirds vote necessary to convict and remove.
The War Powers Resolution: Restricts the power of the President to use troops in combat more than sixty days without congressional authorization.
Court Decisions: Judicial review can overturn Executive orders.
Congress: Presidents cannot accomplish most of their objectives without Congressional approval.
What are three ways in which the power of the President has expanded from its Constitutional origins?
-Executive Order
-Executive Agreements
-Bully Pulpit
-Under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Act
-Executive Privilege
-Signing Statement
What is Office of Management and Budget?
The executive branch office that assists the president in setting national spending priorities.
What is Lame Duck?
Period at the end of a presidential term when Congress may block presidential initiatives and nominees.
Why is the President often referred to as a negotiator for the United States?
-President must bargain and persuade with Congress to effectively execute agenda.
-Executive agreements
-Treaties
(1) The President now regularly initiates legislation
(2) Many unilateral Powers have been delegates to the Presidency by Congress, including greater authority over trade policy and war
(3) The president is now the focus of public attention
(4) There is a large staff directly working for the president housed in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), which contains the president's closet advisors.
What are two ways the President can get Congress to support their policies or pass bills?
Bully Pulpit: Presidential appeals to the public t pressure other branches of the government to support their policy.
Going public: A president promotes their policies in Washington to the public for support.
What is War Powers Resolution?
A law passed over President Nixon's veto that restricts the power of the president to maintain troops in combat for more than sixty days without congressional authorization.
What is the 25th amendment?
Establishes clear procedures for presidential succession, vice-presidential vacancies, and handling presidential incapacity.
What are the four main roles of the President? Provide an example of each role.
Chief Executive (The Cabinet): Carries out the laws of the nation
Chief Diplomat: Makes Treaties, Executive Agreements
Chief Legislator: State of the Union Address, Veto, Pocket Veto
Commander in Chief: Deploy troops, Protects the Nation, Commands nuclear arsenal
Why would people be wary of the "Under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Act of 2001"?
People would be wary of the "Under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Act of 2001" because its vague, it's been used to justify nearly two decades of expanding, worldwide, counter terrorism operating without further congressional approval.
Explain the following agencies roles as part of thee Executive Branch.
Office of Management and Budget
National Security Council
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Management and Budget: Assist the President in setting national spending priorities.
National Security Council: Helps the President integrate domestic, foreign, and military policies.
Council of Economic Advisors: Provides objective economic advice to the President on domestic and international economic policy.