Chap 20 and 5 Flashcards
Emergency exits:
-Impeachment process
remove presidents judged by Congress to be guilty of “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,”
Majority vote of the House of Representatives and a two-thirds vote of the Senate, a president can be impeached and removed for committing “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
-Disability
Vague provision for removing presidents on grounds of “Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties”
Multiple ambiguities
-Impeachment,
for example, what is a “high Crime and Misdemeanor”? No clear answer can be found in the records of the Constitutional Convention.
-Disability
Concerning inability, what defines a president as disabled, and who has the authority to make that judgment.
THE SELF-RELIANT PRESIDENCY
Stated simply, the president must strive to be self-reliant and personally bear a large share of the burden of governing.
as one who makes the major decisions himself, depends on others only in lesser matters, and firmly controls his subordinates (Roosevelt is a good example)
THE MINIMALIST PRESIDENCY
-In this approach, the president requires little or no understanding of specific issues and problems and instead can mainly rely on subordinates to deal with them (Reegan and Bush)
-the limited role for the president was designed to accommodate Reagan’s work habits—especially his distaste for reading memoranda or sitting through lengthy discussions—and to answer critics who questioned his intellectual ability to serve as president.
Who was Trump’s and Biden’s first Chief of Staff and what was their political background?
1.Trump: Reince Priebus
-American lawyer and politician
2.Biden: Ron Klain
-American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist
Quirk mentions “legislative liaison” directors.
Person’s background?
- Trump: Marc Short
-American political advisor - Biden: Louisa Terrill
-American lawyer and government official
