Roles of the President
As leader of the U.S. military forces, the president plays this role.
What is commander in chief
This is the minimum age requirement for the President.
What is 35?
This allows a president to cancel a proposed bill and send it BACK to Congress.
What is a veto?
What is campaign funding?
This President set the precedent for only serving two terms in office.
Who is George Washington?
In this role, much of the real power and influence of the President depends on his ability to play this crucial role, though there's NO mention of any of these in the Constitution.
What is Chief of Party?
This is the minimum number of years a President must live in the U.S.
What is 14 years?
The President appoints and "recieves" these.
What are Ambassadors?
This is the term for non-required spending in the Budget.
What is discretionary spending?
President Andrew Jackson, who despised Congress, was the first to expand this Presidential power.
What are Presidential vetoes?
In this role, the president carries out the laws passed by Congress.
What is chief executive?
This Amendment limits a President to only serving two-terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment
The term for calling Congress back into session (and adjourn)
What is to "Convene" Congress?
This department, headed by Mike Pompeo, focuses on foreign policy.
What is the Department of State?
Abraham Lincoln, very famously, expanded Presidential War Time Powers, by suspending this.
What is Habeas Corpus?
In this role, the president is required to deliver the State of the Union address.
What is chief legislature?
This is the maximum number of years a president can serve.
What is 10 (8+2)?
Required to give to Congress from "time to time"
What is the "State of the Union"?
This allows the President to maintain som secrecy with government information.
What is Executive Privilege?
This President was seen as the one to greatly expand the Executive Privelege power.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The president plays the role as symbolic figure head of the U.S.
What is Chief of state?
To win the Presidency, a candidate would need this many votes in the Electoral College.
What is 270?
These are 3 most common examples of the President working as "Chief Diplomat"
What are:
- Making Treaties
- Appointing Ambassadors
- Receiving Officials/Ambassadors
This department of the Cabinet is the newest one and would be last in the line of succession.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
Name two Presidents who were Impeached by the House.
Who are Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?