Powers
Constitutional responsibility of the Vice-President
Cast a vote in the case of a tie in the Senate
Formal qualifications to be President
The presidential candidate has to be a natural-born citizen of the U.S., at least a 14 year resident of the U.S., and has to be at least 35 years old.
Adopted in 1804, that specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college.
Twelfth Amendment
The president's use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public
Bully Pulpit
The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service
Commander in Chief
Judicial power of the President
Nominating Federal Judges
Group of officials who head government departments and advise the President
Cabinet
Moves up inauguration of the President from March to January in order to lessen the "lame duck" period
Twentieth Amendment
A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval.
executive agreement
A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval (informal power of the President)
Executive Agreement
Two ways the Senate can check the power of the President
Approve treaties and approves appointments
An annual speech in which the president addresses Congress to report on the condition of the country and recommend policies. President as Chief Legislator
State of the Union
Passed in 1951, limits presidents to two terms of office.
Twenty-Second Amendment
Analysts and advisers to the president, includes Chief of Staff and Press Secretary
White House staff
A rule issued by the president that has the force of law
Executive Order
Describe the impeachment process
The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must convict with a two-thirds majority
Term used to describe a president as an "emperor" who acts without consulting Congress or acts in secrecy to evade or deceive congress.
Imperial Presidency
Permits residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
Twenty-Third Amendment
Presidential power to strike, or remove, specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Line-Item Veto
The time during which a president who has lost an election or has ended a second term is still in office before the new president serves
Lame Duck Period
Formal documents that explain why a president is signing a particular bill into law. These statements may contain objections to the bill and promises not to implement key sections.
Signing Statements
A lack of leadership and no clear policy agenda by this President allowed the country to drift toward Civil War
James Buchanan
Passed in 1964, it declared poll taxes void in federal elections.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
An office created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers. Its formal members are the president, vice president, secretary of state, and secretary of defense, and it is managed by the president's national security assistant.
National Security Council
An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.
Executive Privilege