Presidential Powers Flashcards
Qualifications of the President
Artical II Section I:
- Natural Born Citizen
- 35 years old
- 14 year resident of the US
- Oversee federal bureaucracy
- administer and execute the law
Chief Executive
largely ceremonial or symbolic functions where President represents the country as a whole
Chief of State
civilian control of Armed Forces
Commander in Chief
- negotiate and sign treaties
- appoint diplomats
- receive foreign officials
- negotiate and sign executive agreements
Chief Diplomat
- recommend legislation to Congress
- set legislative agenda
- veto power
Chief Legislator
Checks on the President
Commander in Chief
- congress declares war
- congress controls budge
- War Powers Act (1973)
- 48hr alert to Congress
- troops stay for sixty days pending Congressional approval
- with not approval troops must be withdrawn
Checks on the President
Chief Executive
- president must approve presidential appointments
- Civil Senate protection for most appointees
- Congress controls the budge
Checks on the President
Chief Diplomat
- Senate confirmation of ambassadors
- Senate confirmation of treaties
Checks on the President
Chief Legislator
- President doesn’t have a seat in Congress
- Congress can override veto
Checks on the President
Party Chief
- term limit and “lame duck” status
- loose organization of American parties makes it difficult to “lead”
Examples of Powers of Commander is Chief
- President giving an order to drop the atomic bomb
2. Abe Lincoln during the Civil War
Example of Powers as Chief Executive of the Government
- Washington created the first cabinet (1789)
- “Draft Dodgers”
- Ford pardoned Nixon “Watergate”
- Eisenhower “Little Rock”
Examples of Powers in Foreign Affairs
President Harding signed the Knox Porter Resolution bringing an end to hostilities between the U.S. and Central Powers
Examples of legislative powers
- FDR created the New Deal
2. President Washington creation of the state of the Union Address
the ability to campaign for certain people who support his policy and get them re-elected or appointed to office. The president can put people in his cabinet that he likes and who supports him.
chief of party
