The executive branch of government: President Flashcards
Congress checks President
override vetoes with a 2/3 majority in each house
- Congress overrode Trump’s veto of a defence spending bill in 2021 - first time it happened
Power of the purse - money for president policies must be voted on in each house
- Gov shut down Dec 2018 for 35 days over funding for Trump’s wall
Amend/delay/reject the presidents legislation.
- Obama Care passed in 2010 - but significantly amended the form
Senate has the power to confirm/reject nominations for judicial and executive positions
- Withdrawal of Harriet Miers Nom by Bush in 2005 over the dispute
Court Checks on President
Judicial Review.-Obama bypassing congress to make appointments to labour relations pannel.
- In 2017, put a restraining order on Trump’s executive order that banned people from 7 muslim majority countries entering the US
- Party support in Congress
Divided government
Obama = lack of of success in passing greater background checks on guns = NRA lobbied congressmen 2015
Trump= executive order = tried to removal federal funding from states that didn’t enforce immigration enforcement = blocked by sc
Conclusion
formal constitutional restraints = always the same
- political circumstances = determine how they are applied
Public opinion
Trump low - highest was at 49%
GW bush after 9/11 = 90%
Example of court not supporting president
Bostock v Clayton County
Civil Rights act 1964 - for sexual orientation
6-3 decision with Gorsuch majority opinion = trump was against it