Presidential Etiquette
Age required to run.
35
Chief Executive
How can an executive order be overruled?
If Congress passes a bill to outlaw/contradict it.
The next president can rid the executive order by issuing a contradictory one.
Defined as an unelected group that implement public policy.
Federal Bureaucracy
14
- Main creator of foreign policy
- Large influence in world economies, social affairs, and conflicts
Chief Diplomat
There's no language specifically granting the right to executive orders; it's an _____ ______.
implied power
The iron triangle is the relationship between...
Congress, the Federal Bureaucracy, and interest groups
Normal amount of terms served per 4 years
2
- Shapes agenda for policies
- Can only work with political party overlap
- Doesn’t create the policies, but can initiate them or veto when congress makes them
Chief Legislator
If an executive order is backed by an amendment, how long will it last?
forever - the emancipation proclamation was backed by an amendment, so slavery could not be un-abolished.
Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.
Pendelton Act
A person close to the president with somewhat differentiating ideologies.
Vice President
Leader of their political party since they are at the top
Can give a positive or negative view of party depending on actions in office
Chief of Party
Use of Executive Orders will increase if...
Congress is ruled by the opposing political party.
Allows the federal government to collect income tax.
16th Amendment
The job of the US Vice President
To balance the ticket
Leader of armed forces
Oversees all military personnel and has control over the use of military arsenal when needed
Commander in Chief
The president that used the most executive orders.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
resemble cabinet departments in structure but have narrower area of responsibility, preform services not regulation (CIA, NASA)
independent executive agencies