President Flashcards
What is the Executive?
The President of the USA!
What is the President?
The elected Head of State of country.
What are Formal Powers? HINT: Name as many as you can; there are 5 here!
These include: Proposing legislation to Congress, signing legislating, vetoing legislation, pardoning people, and commanding the military.
What are Informal Powers? HINT: Name as many as you can; there are 5 here!
These include: Powers of persuasion, making executive agreements, issuing executive orders, and their personality and leadership skills.
What is the system of Checks and Balances?
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
What does ‘Imperial Presidency’ mean?
Where the President is seen as an emperor taking strong actions without consulting Congress or seeking its approval.
What does ‘Imperilled Presidency’ mean?
A term coined by President Ford to refer to a presidency that is characterised by ineffectiveness and weakness, resulting from congressional over-assertiveness.
Give one example that shows the waxing and waning of presidential power.
Obama’s ‘lame duck presidency’ in his 2nd term.
