presidency

Question 1

what are the powers of presidency

Answer 1

expressed, delegate, inherent powers

Question 2

expressed powers

Answer 2

power to make treaties, grant pardons, nominate judges and other public officials; cannot be revoked by constitution

Question 3

delegate powers

Answer 3

powers given to the president by congress, congress enhances the power and importance of presidency; e.g. delegate the executive branch the power to determine the best means of improving a specific issue; can be taken away by the congress

Question 4

inherent powers

Answer 4

prerogative, not specified by consitution but stems from ‘rights, duties and obligations of the presidency,’ usually related to times of war or national emergency

Question 5

military expressed powers

Answer 5

president is commander in chief, highest military office;
- head of nation’s intelligence hierarchy
- use of force within the US: limited by state legislature that must request federal troops before president can send them into the state to provide public order

Question 6

judicial expressed powers

Answer 6

article 2, sec 2: provides power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the US, except in case of impeachment

Question 7

diplomatic expressed powers

Answer 7

art 2, sec 3, the power to receive ambassadors and othe rpublic ministers

Question 8

executive expressed powers

Answer 8

can appoint federal judges (art.2, sec 2),

Question 9

legislative expressed powers

Answer 9

art 1, sec 7 & art. 2 sec 3: president has the power to participate authoritatively in the legislative process; veto, veto pocket

Question 10

executive agreement

Answer 10

nature of a treat, contract between 2 counteies without requiring a 2/3 of approval by senate; carry out commitment made in treaties

Question 11

executive priviledge

Answer 11

claim that confidential communications between president and close adviseers should not revealed without the president’s consent

Question 12

veto

Answer 12

assigned by article 1, section 7: the power to reject acts of congress, makes the president the most important legislative leader; no bill vetoed by president can become law unless both the house and senate override veto by 2/3 vote

Question 13

pocket veto

Answer 13

a veto that occurs automatically when congress adjourns during 10 days that a president has to approve a bill and the president takes no action

Question 14

line-item veto

Answer 14

president’s power to strike specific spending items from approapriations bills passed by congress, unless 2/3 of house and senate reenacts them

Question 15

war powers resolution

Answer 15

1973, congress power to declare war, required president to inform congress of any planned military campaign and stipulated that forces must be withdrawn within 60 days in the absence of congressional authorization

Question 16

legislative initiative

Answer 16

the ability of the president and other executive agents to formulate important policy proposals; agenda-setting, deciding on the priority that every item on the agenda takes

Question 17

the cabinet

Answer 17

heads of all major federal deparments, limited consitutional status; makes no decision as a group; each cabinet appointment must be approved by the senate but the person appointed is not responsible to the senate or to congress at large

Question 18

vice presidency

Answer 18

succeeds the president in the case of a vacancy and presides over the senate

Question 19

president can expand their power in 3 ways

Answer 19

party, popular mobilization, administration

Question 20

impeachment

Answer 20

house of rep charges an official by approving through majority vote articles of impeachment and sends them to senate that has hearings and looks at the evidence;
- committee of representatives (managers) act as prosecutors before the senate
- 2/3 vote of senate to convinct and remove the president from the office

Question 21

checks on presidential power by congress

Answer 21

power of purse: congress has the ability to tax and spend money for the national government
- investigation powers
- impeachment

Question 22

check on president. by courts

Answer 22

judicial review of executive actions: a law passed by congress applied through executive actions

Question 23

25th amendment

Answer 23

the cabinet can sign a document to take power away from the president and give it to vice president