Chapter 8: Presidency

Question 1

• Chief of Executive + State
• 35 y/o, Natural born, 14 yr resident

Answer 1

President

Question 2

• Sign and becomes a law
• Veto it directly (Override ⅔ vote in congress)
• Not acting on it for 10 congressional days, becomes law eventually
• Pocket veto - indirect veto by retaining the bill unsigned until too late to act on

Answer 2

4 options after passing a bill

Question 3

Reign over the government
- Political symbol for the nation (represents)
- International affairs (ambassadors)

Answer 3

Chief of State

Question 4

Following executive powers in Constitution
- Head of government
- Veto, appointment + pardon power
- Carries out laws
- Nominate the cabinet members
- Operating officer in policy making

Answer 4

Chief Executive

Question 5

Presidential directives to the agents of the executive departments

Answer 5

Executive Orders

Question 6

Agreement between President and another head of government in another country

Answer 6

Executive Agreements

Question 7

President right to refuse to hand over requested information from Congress

Answer 7

Executive Privilege

Question 8

Originally the runner up, but then changed to running on separate tickets
- After the 12th Amendment, Vice presidents are largely elected with their own party’s presidential nominee
- Will break ties in Senate
- Accept delegated tasks from the president
- Be able to take up the job of presidency in an emergency

Answer 8

Vice President

Question 9

• Personal advisers
• Advise the president on what to say, when to say it, what to do, who to meet, and when
• Chief of Staff coordinates this group: speech writers, press and appointment secretaries, and political advisers

Answer 9

White House Office

Question 10

• Policy advisers
• They advise the president on what policies to pursue and propose and assist with management of the federal bureaucracy
• This group: economic advisers, legislative advisers, and domestic and foreign policy advisers, among others.

Answer 10

Executive Office of the President:

Question 11

Confident and flexible, rational and beneficial with power

Answer 11

Adaptive (positive, active)

Question 12

Aggressive yet energized but too preoccupied with succeeding and not the public

Answer 12

Compulsive (negative, active)

Question 13

Optimistic yet manipulated, react rather than initiate

Answer 13

Compliant (positive, passive)

Question 14

Avoid power, reacts rather than initiate

Answer 14

Withdrawn (negative, passive)

Question 15

More laws, more presidential power over the people. In the Cold War, Great Depression and world wars, the people originally turned to the federal government to protect them. Legislation and each new law and program required another executive agency and more presidential advisers. After these events, there must be new legislation in place, therefore, the presidential power increases as they are a part of the Executive Branch. The branch is who enforces those laws on the people.

Answer 15

Has the system of checks and balances eroded with an increasingly powerful president?

Question 16

Their ability to persuade is important to how much power they will have
- Predicting actions of the president in the white house

Answer 16

Is presidential character an important issue?