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What are the eight roles of the President?

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  1. Chief of State (symbolic leader)
  2. Chief Executive (responsible for enforcing the law
  3. Chief Administrator (runs the day to day operations of the government, largely by appointing the cabinet)
  4. Chief Diplomat (foreign relations)
  5. Commander and Chief (military)
  6. Chief Legislature (suggesting legislation, state of the Union)
  7. Chief of Party (leader of the party, should be advancing party’s ideals)
  8. Chief Citizen (to do/represent/be what’s best for every American)
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What are the three qualifications of the President?

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  1. Born a US citizen
  2. 35 years of age
  3. Lived in the U.S for 14 years of life
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Who was the youngest president?

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Teddy Roosevelt (age 42)

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Who was the youngest president ever elected?

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John F. Kennedy (age 43)

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Terms and pay

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  • Up to ten years (22nd amendment)

- $400,000 a year + $50,000 stipend

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What is the 12th amendment?

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Electors get two votes, one for VP and one for President

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What is the 22nd amendment?

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Limits the president to two terms (maximum of ten years)

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What is the 25th amendment?

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  • If something happens to the president, the VP becomes president and then chooses a new VP
  • Disability: signing over power or being stripped of power by the cabinet and the VP
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What are the two roles of the Vice President?

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  1. Wait for the President to die

2. Preside over the senate (vote if there is a tie)

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What are some of the reasons a President might choose a specific VP?

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(To help the president win)

  • Region (John Carey chose John Edwards)
  • Experience (type of quantity)
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Age (Palin and McCain)
  • Religion (JFK was Catholic)
  • Ideology
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What are executive powers?

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The things the President uses to enforce the laws

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What are the President’s two executive powers?

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  • Execute the laws (and designate resources for a particular law)
  • Give/write executive orders (laws without Congressional approval that “promote the general welfare”
    - - Japanese interment camps
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What are the President’s two administrative powers?

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  • Appointing power (cabinet, supreme court justices, independent regulatory commission heads)
  • Removal of power (fire many appointed people)
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Who can the President not remove from power?

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Supreme court justices, vice president, head of the federal trade commission or other independent regulatory commission heads

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What are the President’s four diplomatic powers?

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  • Treaty making power
  • Executive agreements
  • Persona non grata
  • Power of recognition
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What is treaty making power? (diplomatic)

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The President acts as the chief negotiator. In order to pass a treaty, he or she needs two thirds of the senate’s approval

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What is an executive agreement? (diplomatic)

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Like a treaty without senate approval (i.e. an agreement with another head of state)

18
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What is persona non grata (diplomatic)

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(Person not welcome)

  • The President cannot declare persona non grata on an American citizen
  • Likely used for an ambassador of a country we’re at war with
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What is the power of recognition? (diplomatic)

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We get to decide whether or not other countries exist as sovereign entities
- IE. Taiwan recognized as China so we could go to the Korean war

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What are the President’s two powers as the commander and chief?

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  • Making undeclared war (congress can declare war but only the President can send out troops)
  • Wartime powers
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What are the President’s three powers as the chief legislator?

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  1. Recommending legislation (cannot actually craft or introduce a bill, State of the Union)
  2. Veto power (Congress can override a veto with a two thirds vote)
  3. Special session and adjournment (President can force congress to come together or force them to adjourn)
22
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What percentage of vetoes are overridden? (legislative)

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N

23
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FDR vetoes and overrides

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635 v. nine overridden

24
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Who had the least amount of vetoes?

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George W. Bush

25
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What are the President’s four judicial powers?

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  1. Reprieves (President can grant a temporary stay)
  2. Pardons (to be legally forgiven)
  3. Commutation (to reduce and sentence - the governor of Illinois commuted every death row sentence to life)
  4. Amnesty (Granting legal forgiveness to a large group)
26
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What is one example of amnesty? (judicial)

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Carter granted amnesty to all Vietnam draft card burners

27
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The limits on the President’s powers were triggered by which events?

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Watergate and Vietnam

28
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Which President developed the role of the chief economic adviser?

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FDR

29
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What is impoundment? (Budget Reform Act of 1974) (Limited Powers)

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The President can refuse to spend funds allocated towards something, but he has to ask Congress’ permission first

30
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What is executive privileged? (Limited Powers)

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  • The right for the President to keep things a secret
  • Nixon went to court and the Supreme Court ruled that executive privilege can be limited if for a criminal investigation
  • Clinton: A secret service agent outside of his hotel room, ruled that not all people are covered by executive privilege
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What is the War Powers Resolution of 1973? (Limited Powers)

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Only Congress can declare war but the President can send troops into a country (has to notify Congress within 48 hours) for 90 days without Congress’ consent. Presidents often believe that this limit on their power is unconstitutional because they are the Commander and Chief

32
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Define bipartisan

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Two parties

33
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What is a unified/divided government?

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When Congress (both parts) and the President are of the same party

34
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What is a line item veto and who was the last person to use it?

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  • Striking out only parts of a bill
  • Found unconstitutional because it is a violation of the separation of powers (only Congress can introduce a bill)
  • Clinton
  • Some governors still have this power
35
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Define coattails

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The theory that members of Congress can win election if they are of the same party as the President

36
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What are midterm elections?

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When Presidents typically loose members in there party (in the house and senate)

37
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What is the order of succession?

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  • What happens if the President dies
  • Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Pro Tem, Secretary of State
  • Follows the order in which the cabinet was created
  • Last - Secretary of Homeland Security
38
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What is a pocket veto?

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  • A bill dies if it is not addressed in a ten day time period
  • During the last ten days of the Congressional session, the President can set a bill aside and it will die

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