The President and executive branch Flashcards
Define what The President is
The head of state and government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, eleacted every 4 years
Define Veto
The president’s constitutional power to reject legislation passed by congress
Define Executive Orders
Directives issued by the president that have the force of law without requiring congressional approval
Define what The Cabinet is
A group of senator officials, typically heads of executive departments, who advise the president
Define Impeachment
The Process by which Congress can remove the president, vice president, or other federal officials for high crime and misdemeanours
what are ennumerated powers
powers explicitly granted to the president in article 2 of the constitution
What are implied powers
powers implied by the US constitution - for example the president being head of the US military
what are inherrent powers
powers not set out in the constituion but are neccessary to preform the role of head of executive
How has the presidents use of formal powers changed?
George washington passed 3 laws and this pattern continues until FDR interprets presidential formal powers in a different way and passed 77 laws and created the notion that passing legislation is a significant formal power of the president
Presidential powers
What are 3 types of formal presidential powers
- ennumerated powers
- implied powers
- inherent powers
Presidential powers
What are 3 types of informal powers
- setting the agenda
- power to pursuade
- world leader
In 2008 how much % of the popular vote did Obama win
52.9%
how many departments make up the US cabinet
15
Where does the president appoint executive members from?
congress, city mayors, state governors or university acedemics
Give an example of a member of the executive branch being appointed from congress
2013 - John Kerry resigned from the senate when appointed to be Obamas secretary of state
Give an example of an acedemic being appointed to the cabinet
Nobel-prize winning physicist Steven Chu to be his secretary of energy
Give an example of an expert being appointed to the executive branch
Steven Mnuchin - trumps secretary of the treasury from 2017 was a former investment banker and hedge fund manager
What is EXOP
executive office of the president
Who set up EXOP
FDR in the 1930s as the government grew in response to the great depression
What are the two most important parts of EXOP
The white house office and The national security council
What special role does the white house chief of staff have
to decide who has access to the president - so can determine the balance of opinions that the president recieves
What does the national security council do
main forum for discussing national and foreign security policy issues
Give an example of the national security council preforming its role
2011 - situation room was used for obama to watch the mission in which osama bin laden was killed
What is the federal bureaucracy
The 15 executive departments
