APGovch.7.Andrew.Sanchez Flashcards

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President

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The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

Donald Trump is still the president.

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Vice President

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An officer created by Article II of the U.S. Constitution to preside over the U.S. Senate and to fill any vacancy in the office of the president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability.

Mike Pence is the vice president for Donald Trump

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Twenty-Second Amendment

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Adopted in 1951; prevents presidents from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if they came to office via the death, resignation, or removal of their predecessor.

The Twenty-Second Amendment prevents Obama from running a third time.

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Watergate

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A scandal in the early 1970s involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office complex. The involvement of members of the Nixon administration and subsequent cover-up attempts led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation from the office and jail sentences for some members of his administration.

Watergate is a metaphor for when the the flooding of information that could have occurred

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Executive Privilege

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An implied presidential power that allows the president to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the Judiciary.

Executive privilege is the power that the president holds that allows him to tell confidential information .

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U.S. vs Nixon

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Supreme Court ruling on Power of the president, holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allows the president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial.

U.S. vs Nixon ended poorly for Nixon.

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Presidential succession act

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A 1947 law enacted by Congress that provides for the filing of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice president.

The presidential succession act allows the speaker of the house to become president next.

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Twenty fifth amendment

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adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filing vacancy in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president.

The twenty fifth amendment deals with the absence of the president.

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Cabinet

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The formal body of presidential adviser to help the 15th executive department. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisors.

The cabinet is formed by the president; kinda like hypemanś.

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League of Nations

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A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920 to 1946, it unsuccessfully prevented future wars; The United States never joined

The league of nations serves as the alliance between many countries to stop wars.

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Executive agreements

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Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the US Senate

The president can use executive agreements to make deals with other countries without the need of a second opinion.

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Veto

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The formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action.

The president can veto and elongate the process for a bill to pass.

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Pardon

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an executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged with or convicted of a crime.

Edward Snowden should be given a pardon.

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Inherent powers

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powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the constitution.

Inherent powers allow Trump to invite Kanye to the white house.

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First lady

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the designation provided to the wife of a president or, at the state level, of a governor; no specific analogue exists for a male spouse.

The first lady should divorce for half of Trump´s money.

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Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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A mini-Bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy

The executive office of the president are a helping hand for the president when the president is preoccupied

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Bully pulpit

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The view that a major power of the presidency, albeit not one prescribed by the constitution, is to draw attention to generate support for particular positions.

he could use the presidency as a bully pulpit to bring out the best in civic life.

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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the office that prepares the president’s annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules.

The Office of Management and Budget is the accounting team for the president.

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Executive order

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Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register.

The president can shoot out executive orders out left and right as long as they have permission.

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Signing statements

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Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president.

Signing statements can be construction criticism.