Presidency

Question 1

Which article of the Constitution prescribes the powers of the president?

Answer 1

Article 2

Question 2

What are the formal needs the president must meet?

Answer 2

• 35 years old
• US born
• Resident for the past 14 years

Question 3

What are the first 4 sections of article 2?

Answer 3

Section 1 - nature
Section 2 - powers
Section 3 - responsibilities
Section 4 - impeachment

Question 4

What is the nature of the presidency?

Answer 4

• Executive powers
• 4 year terms
• Presidential election explanations
  ⤷ i.e. age requirements etc

Question 5

What are the powers of the president?

Answer 5

• Commander in Chief
• Pardons and reprieves
• Treaties
• Appointment of ambassadors
• Recess appointments

Question 6

What are the responsibilities of the president?

Answer 6

• State of Union address
• Special sessions
• Receive ambassadors
• Faithfully execute laws

Question 7

What is meant by impeachment?

Answer 7

• For ‘treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanours’

Question 8

What else can the president control?

Answer 8

The federal bureaucracy

Question 9

What is the executive branch made up of?

Answer 9

President
Vice President
Executive Office of the president (EXOP)
White House, Office of Management and Budget, National Security Council
Cabinet - 15 Heads of Departments (HOD) + other officers
Federal Bureaucracy
⤷ Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Corporations

Approx 2m civilian employees and 1.5m uniformed and military employees

Question 10

What are the enumerated powers of the president?

Answer 10

• Commander in chief
• Negotiate treaties
• State of Union address
• Appointment of ambassadors/judges
• Recess appointments
• Pardon
• Convene special sessions
• Approval/ veto of legislation

Question 11

What are the implied powers of the president?

Answer 11

• Establish a cabinet
• Executive agreements
• Executive orders
• Executive privilege

Question 12

Which amendments relate to the president?

Answer 12

12th - refines presidential electoral procedures
20th - inauguration moved earlier
22nd - limits 2 term presidents
25th - clarifies line of succession and the procedure for an incapacitated president

Question 13

What are the 12 formal sources of presidential power?

Answer 13

• Approval of legislation
  ⤷ i.e. signing bill, veto, pocket veto
• State of Union address
• Appointments
• Executive orders
• Executive memoranda
• Presidential proclamations
• Signing statements
• Pardons and reprieves
• Special sessions
• Treaties and executive agreements
• Commander in Chief
• Receival of ambassadors

Question 14

What are the 2 roles of the president?

Answer 14

Head of state
Head of Government

Question 15

NOTE

Answer 15

finish formal sources (add the examples and definitions)
expand on the roles of the president