Presidential Roles
When the President vetoes or proposes new laws, he is acting as the Chief __________________ .
What is Legislator?
The Senate gives their consent for these, but the President arranges them with other countries.
What are Treaties?
One reason we have an Army Secretary is to uphold this fundamental principal.
What is civilian control of the military?
For this type of International Agreement agreement, the President does not need the Senate's consent.
What is an Executive Agreement?
These have the force of law, but they are not laws signed by Congress.
What are Executive Orders?
When the President exercises his Constitutional authority as head of his branch of government, he is acting as the Chief _________________.
What is Executive?
One reason the Presidency has grown more powerful is that the economy and society need a bigger executive branch to mange things. True of false?
What is the title of the nation's top military person, whose job is to advise the President and SECDEF?
Who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
This is an example of the type of subject matter that might concern a treaty with another country.
What is pretty much just about anything?
This theory held that the President's powers should be very strictly limited to only what the Constitution actually says.
What is Whig Theory?
When the President acts in a ceremonial or symbolic way as the leader of our nation, she is acting as the Chief of ____________________ .
What is Chief of State (or Head of State)?
What is a recess appointment?
These are just two of any of the agencies in the Department of Homeland Security.
What is CBP, FEMA, USCG, TSA, Secret Service, US Air Marshals, Federal Protective Service, etc...
What is Diplomatic Immunity?
Which Amendment could be invoked if the President started to lose his cognitive or mental abilities?
When the President signs a Military Strategy he is acting as ______________________ .
What is Commander in Chief?
In exercising the power of clemency (mercy), if the President delays a federal sentence, we call it this.
What is a reprieve?
This important law limits the President's ability to wage military action without Congress' approval.
What is the War Powers Act (or Resolution) of 1973?
If my country subscribes to this philosophy of International Relations, I will enter into many multilateral agreements and conventions.
What is Liberalism?
Who is the one person not in the room when the President gives his Constitutionally-required State of the Union address?
Who is the designated presidential successor?
When the President serves as "the boss" of the federal bureaucracy, he is acting as the Chief ___________________.
What is Chief Administrator?
When his advisors give him pre-decisional advice, this principle protects those discussions from public disclosure.
What is executive privilege?
These two questions are at the heart of homeland security.
What are: What are the risks (threats) we should worry about? and "How will we manage them?"
This is the current Secretary of State, our nation's top diplomat.
Who is Marco Rubio
This is an example of a low-frequency but high-consequence event that might concern the Department of Homeland Security?
What is a WMD incident, a massive terrorist attack, a solar flare, a 1000-year super-hurricane, etc.