Chapter 7 Terms

Question 1

Twenty-second amendment

Answer 1

Adopted in 1951; prevents a president of from serving more than two terms, or more than 10 years if he came to office via the death, resignation or impeachment of his predecessor.

Question 2

Impeachment

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Executive Privilege

Answer 3

An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.

Question 4

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

Answer 4

Supreme Court ruling on the power of the president, holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allows a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial.

Question 5

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Cabinet

Answer 6

The formal body of the presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers.

Question 7

Executive agreements

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Veto

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Line-item veto

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

War Powers Resolution

Answer 10

Passed by Congress in 1973; requires the authorization of Congress to deploy troops overseas and limits the time of their deployment.

Question 11

Pardon

Answer 11

An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted or a crime.

Question 12

Inherent Powers

Answer 12

Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the constitution.

Question 13

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 13

A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy

Question 14

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 14

The office that prepares the president’s annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analysis of proposed bills and agency rules.

Question 15

Executive order

Answer 15

Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register.

Question 16

Signing Statements

Answer 16

Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president.