Chapter 11 Study Guide Flashcards
What is a phrase in the constitution allowing the Senate to restrain presidential powers of appointment and treaty-making.
“advice and consent”
what is a very powerful influence of the media called?
agenda setting
What is the United States federal law that governs the role of the Congress in the United States budget process?
Budget Reform and Impoundment Act of 1974
What is the cyclical operation of demand, output, income, and new demand?
circular model
What is a legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the line-item veto as granted in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 violated the Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution?
Clinton v. City of New York
What is the United States Supreme Court case establishing that a sitting President of the United States has no immunity from civil law litigation against him?
Clinton v. Jones
What is the supreme commander of the armed forces of a nation or, sometimes, of several allied nation?
Commander-in-chief
What is the means by which foreign governments recognize each other’s right to exercise their authority?
diplomatic recognition
When the presidency and the Congress are controlled by different parties, what is that called?
divided government
What is the institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years?
electoral college
What is an agreement, usually pertaining to administrative matters and less formal than an international treaty, made between chiefs of state without senatorial approval?
executive agreements
What is a group of federal agencies supervised by directors or staffs that work directly with the president or a presidential assistant?
Executive Office of the President
What is an order having the force of law issued by the president of the U.S. to the army, navy, or other part of the executive branch of the government?
Executive orders
What is the discretionary right claimed by certain U.S. presidents to withhold information from Congress or the judiciary?
Executive privilege
What is situation in which nothing can move or proceed in any direction?
gridlock
what is the process in which a president is taken out of office?
Impeachment process
What is to seize by legal right?
Impoundment
What is the Departments of Justice, Treasury, State, and Defense called?
inner cabnet
What is a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, of the executive branch?
legislative veto
What is the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill?
line-item veto
What is the United States Supreme Court decision ruling that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body?
Myers v. United States
Who coordinates policy-making for domestic and international economic issues?
National Economic Councel
What advises and assists the President on national security and foreign policy matters?
National Security Councel
What was the Supreme Court case that dealt with immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law?
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
What is the office responsible for devising and submitting the president’s annual budget proposal to Congress?
Office of Management and the Budget
What is the term in which someone takes the office of the president if, President of the United States is incapable, dead, resigned, or is removed from office?
Presidential succession
What is presidential management model in which the chief of staff plays a prominent role as the head of a military style chain of command?
Pyramid Model
The Supreme Court unanimous 8-0 ruling falling against President Richard Nixon and was important to the late stages of the Watergate scandal
United States v. Nixon
A law passed in 1973 spelling out the conditions under which the president can commit troops without congressional approval.
War powers resolution
the personal office of the president, which tends to presidential political needs and manages the media.
White House Office
Brought about by the jefferson/burr tie, stated that presidential and vice-presidential nominees would run on the same party ticket. before that time, all of the candidates ran against each other, with the winner becoming president and second-place becoming vice-president.
12th Amendment
limits the number of terms a president may be elected to serve
22nd Amendment
clarifies an ambiguous provision of the constitution regarding succession to the presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president as well as responding to presidential disabilities.
25th Amendment
