Length of a presidential term
4 years
Main check on Presidency enforced by the House of Representatives
Impeachment
Power the president has over the Judicial
Appointing federal judges
The executive limits the Supreme Court's power by taking this action
Refusing to enforce court decisions
The branch of government that puts the nation's laws into effect
Executive
Role of the President, according to the Constitution
Enforces/carries out laws
Branch that oversees the constitutionality of the President's actions
Judicial branch
The ability to use the publicity of the presidency to promote a particular program and/or to influence Congress to accept legislative proposals
bully pulpit
The ability of the Court to declare a legislative or executive act in violation of the Constitution
Judicial review
Event that triggered the War on Terror
9/11
Amendment establishing that the president could only seek 2 terms of office
22nd Amendment
Congressional resolution that requires the President to formally notify Congress upon ordering U.S. troops into military action
War Powers Resolution
The Executive branch's ability to decide how a law passed by Congress is implemented
Bureaucratic discretion
Presidential powers stated directly by the Constitution
Expressed powers
Directive issued by the President managing federal government operations (George W. Bush issued a multitude of these following 9/11)
Executive order
Main focus of Hamilton's Fed 70
A single energetic executive
How the Senate limits Presidential power
Approving treaties and appointments
When a President appoints a cabinet head, they are considering the individual's ties to ______.
Interest groups
An issue the Supreme Court will allow executive and legislative branches decide
political question
Commander-in-Chief of the military
A Presidential pardon is this kind of power
Formal
How Congress overrides a presidential veto
2/3 majority in the House and Senate
5 key roles of the President
Chief executive, chief diplomat, commander in chief, legislative leader, party leader
President that first refused to enforce a SCOTUS decision
Andrew Jackson
Government agency established by the executive following the 9/11 attacks
TSA and/or Department of Homeland Security