prevents a president from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if he came to office via the death or impeachment of his predecessor

FDR (ran in 4 elections)

checks and balances Congress has on executive branch

power delegated to the House to charge the president, vice president, or other "civil officers" including federal judges, with "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"

first step in the constitutional process of removing such government official from office

Nixon

An implied power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary

Nixon/Watergate Scandal

established procedures for filing vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president

rules of succession

formal body of presidentail advisers who head the fifteen executive departments

presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers

senate approval to fill any position in cabinet

formal government agreement entered into by the president that does not require that advice and consent of the U.S. Senate

not official and doesn't need Senate approval

formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing their becoming law without further congressional action

can be overridden if 3/4 of Congress votes to do so

president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a 60-day period in peacetime (which can be extended for an extra 30 days to permit withdrawal) unless Congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period

check and balance to the executive branch over president

Nixon--infringement of presidents executive power

Nixon vetoed it--Congress overrode Nixon's veto

executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime

Ford pardoned Nixon

usually at the end of a term

FDR's plan for national recovery

expanded executive power

add cabinet members (programs)

Executive Office of the President

(EOP)

help the president oversee the executive branch

est. to oversee FDR's New Deal programs

Jobs, grants, or other special favors are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support

White House staff positions (no Senate approval)

rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law

gentlement's agreement

1. Vice President

2. Speaker of the House of Representatives

3. President pro tempore of the Senate

4. Secretaries of state, treasury, and defense, and other Cabinet heads in order of the creation of their department

Vice President

Cabinet

First Lady

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

White House Staff

Senate Approval

v.

NOT

Treaties, Laws, Ambassadors, Cabinet Members, Supreme Court Justices

Executive agreements, Executive orders, White House Staff