The President
This event prompted President George W. Bush to embark on a massive expansion of presidential power.
What is 9/11?
This positions is considered the "right hand" of the president. They usually supervise other staff and manage the President's schedule.
What is the chief of staff?
This is where we find protection of habeas corpus and ex post facto laws.
What is the Constitution?
This article details the powers and responsibilities of the judicial branch.
What is Article III?
According to Lee Epstein and Thomas G. Walker, “the Constitution’s framers would have great trouble recognizing today’s presidency,” reflecting the trend of this over the past century as presidents have expanded their influence over both domestic and foreign policy.
What is increased presidential power?
The annual report to Congress and the nation by the president is known as
What is the State of the Union
This is the term for a social organization where every office has a specific set of tasks and is organized through a clear chain of command.
What is the bureaucracy?
What are civil liberties?
This judicial power is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
Until recently, Supreme Court justices were not required to have prior judicial experience, though they generally were lawyers; this flexibility is allowed because the Constitution does not clearly specify qualifications for justices.
What is vague wording in Article III?
These are some of the roles that the President has
(Name at least 3)
Head of state, Chief Executive, Legislative leader, Commander in Chief, Chief Diplomat, Party Leader
This was the most recent executive branch department to be created.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This crime is one where the accused is eligible for the death penalty.
What is a capital crime?
This is how many court systems there are in the United States.
What is 51?
While modern presidents like Trump or Biden exercise broad authority over policy, public opinion, and the bureaucracy, the framers imagined a chief executive more like George Washington—focused on enforcing laws, leading the military when necessary, and serving as a symbol of national unity. This contrast highlights how the presidency has evolved beyond its original design.
What is the framers’ vision of a limited presidency?
These are when the first significant expansions of presidential function occurred.
What are Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and during mobilization of the country for World War II
These organizations are responsible for regulating sectors of the economy in which it is judged that market forces do not work properly to protect the public interest
What are independent regulatory commissions?
This is a legal doctrine that there is a reasonable belief that a crime as been committed.
What is probable cause?
The backgrounds of federal judges and Supreme Court justices have been characterized by these.
What are high income families and elite educational institutions?
This principle encourages the Supreme Court to follow previous rulings, promoting stability and predictability in the law, though the Court can choose to overturn past decisions if it sees fit.
What is stare decisis?
DAILY DOUBLE
This led to a desire for more government oversight and a stronger presidency.
What is corporate-dominated economy?
This is a solution to excessive red tape and is the motivation behind "reinventing government"
What is making government more businesslike?
This is a way civil liberties can be extended.
What are Supreme Court decisions?
The "rule of four" involves this granting writs of this.
What are certiorari?
Unlike many bureaucracies around the world that follow a strict pyramidal hierarchy, the American federal bureaucracy is characterized by overlapping responsibilities, multiple agencies with similar functions, and a complex web of authority, which often leads to coordination challenges and bureaucratic inefficiency.
What is the decentralized structure of the American bureaucracy?