APGovCh.7.Gerardo.Michel Flashcards
President
The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Sentence: The current President of the US is Donald John Trump.
Vice President
An officer created by Article II of the U.S. Constitution to preside over the U.S. Senate and fill any vacancy in the office of president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability.
Sentence: The current Vice President of the US is Mike Pence.
Twenty-Second Amendment
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.
Sentence: The Twenty-Second Amendment ensures that no one stays as president for an unfair time frame.
Watergate
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 Nixon’s resignation from office.
Sentence: The Watergate scandal was the primary cause of Nixon’s resignation.
Executive Privilege
An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.
Sentence: The executive privilege could be risky, as secret communications can take place from the President to another country’s leader without the government’s consent.
U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
Supreme Court ruling on power of the president, holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allows a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial.
Sentence: The case of U.S. v. Nixon (1974) sprouted from Nixon’s refusal to participate in the court’s request in connection to the Watergate scandal.
Presidential Succession Act
A 1974 law enacted by Congress that provides for the filling of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice presidency.
Sentence: The Presidential Succession Act was put in place in the event of an emergency such as the incapacitating or death of the President or Vice President.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president.
Sentence: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment are the steps to take for how to handle the incapacitating of a President.
Cabinet
The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers.
Sentence: A Cabinet is similar to a federal council that advise the President.
League of Nations
A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920-1946 that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent future wars; the United States never joined.
Sentence: The League of Nations had failed in its primal objective, as World War II ended up occurring.
Executive Agreements
Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate.
Sentence: A President can use an executive agreement in the case of a divided government.
Veto
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.
Sentence: A President can use a veto to stop a law from becoming official.
Pardon
An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged with or convicted of a crime.
Sentence: The President has the ability to pardon those convicted with a crime if he/she so wishes.
Inherent Powers
Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the Constitution.
Sentence: Inherent powers are essentially implied powers that can be interpreted from the Constitution.
First Lady
The designation provided to the wife of a president or, at the state level, of a governor
Sentence: As the First Lady, Michelle Obama began a movement to reinforce healthy eating to children.