Executive Branch Flashcards
Define chief executive
Head police; must execute or carry out law
Define chief diplomat
Meets with foreign leaders & can draft treaties
Define commander in chief
Head of arrived forces, can send troops
Define chief legislator
Proposes legislation ideas to congress
Define chief of party
Head of political party
Define commander in chief
Head of armed forces; can send our troops
Qualifications for President:
Natural born citizen
At least 35 years of age
Lived in US for 14 years
Which amendment placed limits on presidential terms?
22nd
Maximum number of years a president can serve:
No more than 10 years, cannot serve more than 2 terms
Pay and benefits of the president:
$400k a year
Expense allowance of $50k
132-room White House
Suite of offices and a staff
Air Force One
What is the 25th amendment?
Establishes that vice president will become president if president is removed from office
What does the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 do?
Set order of succession following Vice President
Two duties of Vice President:
1) to preside over the Senate
2) to help decide the question of presidential disability
If the office of Vice President becomes vacant, what does the President do?
Nominate a new Vice President subject to the approval of Congress
Vice president often performs what?
Diplomatic and political chores for the President
The President takes an oath to…
Faithfully execute the laws of the land
Describe the appointment power:
1) ambassadors and other diplomats
2) cabinet members and their top aides
3) the heads of independent agencies
4) all federal judges, attorneys, and US marshals
5) all officers in the armed forces
What powers does the president have as the Chief Diplomat?
Make treaties
What is a treaty?
A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
Many Presidents have…
Used the armed forces aboard without a declaration of war
True or false: President’s powers as commander in chief are far greater during a war than they are in normal times
True
What limits the President’s war-making powers?
The Wars Powers Resolution of 1973
The President shall report to…
Congress on the state of the Union and recommended necessary legislation
This power is often called the message power
All legislation passed by Congress is sent to the President…
For approval
If the President disapproved of a bill…
He can veto it
Vetoes can only be overturned by…
A 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress
The constitution gives the President the power to grant…
Reprieves and pardons for offenses against the US except in cases of impeachment
Define reprieve
Postponement of the execution of a sentence
Define pardon
A legal forgiveness for a crime
Define hierarchical authority
Bureaucracies are based on a pyramid structure with a chain of command running from top to bottom
Define job specialization
Each bureaucrat, or person who works for the organization, has certain defined duties or responsibilities
Define formalized rules
The bureaucracy does its work according to a set of established regulations and procedures
What is the federal bureaucracy?
All the agencies, people, and procedures through which the Federal Government operates
As Chief Administrator…
The President is in charge of all the Federal Bureaucracy
