Chapter 11: The Presidency Flashcards
The Constitution requires
1) Must be a natural-born citizen
2) Be at least 35-years-old
3) A resident of the U.S for at least 14 years
The 22nd Amendment limits the U.S President to a
Lifetime of two full four year terms of office terms of office and ratified in 1951
The 25th Amendment allows the president to nominate a new
Vice president when that office becomes vacant and ratified in February 10th, 1967
Additionally, 25th Amendment allows the
Vice president and a majority of the cabinet members to remove the president if they believe he is unable to perform the duties of his office
The Power to persuade: President must be able to
Persuade the “Washingtonians”
People the president needs support from
To be successful, but has not formal power over
The Reputation of Power
This is a source of power itself
Presidents must maintain the image of
Power in order to be effective
Presidential Popularity: Popularity with the American people is
A source of political power
Access to the media
Presidents regularly use their access to the media to advance their programs and priorities
Constitutional power
1) Executive power
2) Nomination and Appointment Power
3) Veto Power
4) Commander-in-Chief of the Army & Navy
5) Make treaties
Article 2 of the U.S Constitution is
The source of presidential power
The executive power shall be vested in
The president and this is vague, allowing different presidents to interpret in different ways
Taft narrowly interpreted it:
“The president can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied…”
Theodore Roosevelt interpreted executive power broadly:
It is the president’s right and duty to do anything that the needs of the nation demanded unless such action was forbidden by the Constitution or by the laws
The president is the
Chief executive to the nation’s largest bureaucracy
The president and the bureaucracy make up the
Executive branch
The president does not command the federal bureaucracy but stands at its center
Persuading, bargaining, negotiating, and compromising to achieve goals
The Constitution gives the president the power to
Oversee operation of the executive departments and instructs the president to faithfully execute law
Executive orders
Formal regulations governing executive branch operations issued by the president
Appointments
1) Presidential power over the executive branch comes in part from the president’s authority to appoint and remove top officials
2) Cabinet secretaries and heads of independent regulatory agencies require senate confirmation
3) Presidents have limited authority to remove heads of independent regulatory agencies
The Cabinet consists of
Secretaries of the 15 executive departments together with other top officials given cabinet rank by the president