Chapter 14 The Presidency Flashcards
Adopted in 1951; prevents a president from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if he came to office via the death, resignation, or impeachment of his predecessor
Twenty-second amendment
The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge the president, vice president, or other “civil officers,” including federal judges, with “Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office
impeachment
An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress of the judiciary.
executive privilege
Supreme Court ruling on power of the president, holding that there is no absolute constitutional executive privilege allowing a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial
U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
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
Twenty-fifth amendment
The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers
Cabinet
Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate
executive agreements
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.
veto power
The authority of a chief executive to delete part of a bill passed by the legislature that involves taxing or spending. Ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court
line-item veto
An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime.
pardon
Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the Constitution
inherent powers
The name given to the program of “Relief, Recovery, Reform” begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to bring the United States out of the Great Depression.
New Deal
A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive ranch bureaucracy
Executive office of the President
Th office that prepares the president’s annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, and conducts detailed analysis of proposed bills and agency rules
Office of Management and the Budget
Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register
executive order