Chapter 11: The Presidency Flashcards

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The Constitution requires

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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

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The 22nd Amendment limits the U.S President to a

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Lifetime of two full four year terms of office terms of office and ratified in 1951

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The 25th Amendment allows the president to nominate a new

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Vice president when that office becomes vacant and ratified in February 10th, 1967

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Additionally, 25th Amendment allows the

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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

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5
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The Power to persuade: President must be able to

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Persuade the “Washingtonians”

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6
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People the president needs support from

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To be successful, but has not formal power over

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7
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The Reputation of Power

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This is a source of power itself

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8
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Presidents must maintain the image of

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Power in order to be effective

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9
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Presidential Popularity: Popularity with the American people is

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A source of political power

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10
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Access to the media

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Presidents regularly use their access to the media to advance their programs and priorities

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Constitutional power

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1) Executive power
2) Nomination and Appointment Power
3) Veto Power
4) Commander-in-Chief of the Army & Navy
5) Make treaties

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12
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Article 2 of the U.S Constitution is

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The source of presidential power

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13
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The executive power shall be vested in

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The president and this is vague, allowing different presidents to interpret in different ways

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Taft narrowly interpreted it:

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“The president can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied…”

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Theodore Roosevelt interpreted executive power broadly:

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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

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16
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The president is the

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Chief executive to the nation’s largest bureaucracy

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17
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The president and the bureaucracy make up the

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Executive branch

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The president does not command the federal bureaucracy but stands at its center

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Persuading, bargaining, negotiating, and compromising to achieve goals

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The Constitution gives the president the power to

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Oversee operation of the executive departments and instructs the president to faithfully execute law

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20
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Executive orders

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Formal regulations governing executive branch operations issued by the president

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21
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Appointments

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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

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22
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The Cabinet consists of

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Secretaries of the 15 executive departments together with other top officials given cabinet rank by the president

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23
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The Cabinet leaders are called

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Secretaries

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The Cabinet is powerful because

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They head giant administrative organizations

25
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The Cabinet secretary must be confirmed by

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The Senate and by a simple majority vote

26
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The National Security Council, and this is the president, what?

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Inner cabinet

27
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The National Security Council its purpose is to

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Advise the president and coordinate foreign, defense, and intelligence activities

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The president is the chair, and the vice president, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Treasury are

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Participating members

29
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Presidents exercise their power chiefly through their

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White House staff and including the president’s closest aides and advisers

30
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White House staff consists of

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Trusted political advisers, often personal friends and long-time associates of the president

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Chief Executive: White House staff appointed

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Without Senate confirmation and are loyal to the president alone

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White House staff provides the president with

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Advice on national security, congressional affairs, policy development, and electoral politics

33
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The president initiates national policy by

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Proposing bills to Congress

34
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About 80% of the bills considered by Congress originate

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In the executive branch

35
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How successful a president is in getting his legislation passed by Congress is determined by

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Which party controls Congress

36
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The Veto Power

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The veto is the president’s rejection of a legislative act

37
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The veto is the president’s most

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Powerful weapon in dealing with Congress

38
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Two-thirds of the House and the Senate must vote to

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Override the veto

39
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Global leadership is based on

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The president’s power to persuade

40
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A president will be more persuasive when the

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The American economy is strong, its military is perceived as ready and capable, and when the president is seen as having the support of the American people and Congress

41
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The president has the principal responsibility of formulating

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U.S foreign policy

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The power of being Commander-in-Chief allows the

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President the ability to use military force, which is the ultimate diplomatic power

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Treaties: The president makes with a foreign leader, once

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Ratified by 2/3 rd of the Senate, are legally binding upon the U.S

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Executive agreement

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An agreement signed by the president with the leader of another nation which has a similar effect as a treaty but does not require Senate ratification

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Intelligence

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The president is responsible for the intelligence activities of the U.S

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The National Intelligence Director is appointed by

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The president, subject to Senate confirmation, and reports directly to him

47
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The NID of 2001 coordinates the activities of

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The Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency

48
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The CIA (Central Intelligence) provides intelligence on

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National security to the president and conducts convert operations

49
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Since 1974, the president must

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Inform members of the House and the Senate Intelligence Committees of all convert actions

50
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The president does not have to obtain congressional approval for

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Convert actions, but Congress can halt such actions

51
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Commander-in-Chief

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A president’s global power derives from his role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces

52
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Although Congress has the power to

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Declare war, and modern wars are seldom declared. Wars start with direct military action ordered by the president

53
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In 1973, Congress passed the

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War Powers Resolution, designed to restrict presidential war-making power

54
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In the absence of a Congressional declaration of war, it allows the president to use

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The military in specific circumstances, report to Congress as to the use of such forces, and allows Congress to end such action without presidential approval

55
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The War Powers Resolution raises constitutional issues as

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Limiting the president’s powers as Commander-in-Chief and Congress giving itself powers in this area that are not granted to it by the Constitution

56
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Presidents routinely violate this

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The resolution, however, getting congressional approval before using military force strengthens the president