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| Presidency in the Constitution |
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Article 2 sections 2 & 3
-Commander in Chief
-Chief Executive
-Chief Diplomat
-Legislative Leader |
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-in charge of all military (Can't declare war)
-significant judicial powers - reprieves, pardons
-chief diplomat - receive/decline foreign ambassadors, treaties, negotiation |
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-CEO
-appoint judges
-appoint/remove other officers
-protect states against domestic violence
-declare state of emergency
-Chief legislator - veto power: very powerful |
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with leaders of foreign nations, like treaties, but new president can void them without Congress.
-doesn't need congress to make them
-FOREIGN |
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when president says what a law means, how it will be implemented because they're often too vague
-DOMESTIC |
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| -1937 case, upheld executive agreements |
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-signing statements: how he thinks part of law is interpreted
-patronage power: power to appoint people he wants to executive positions |
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-cabinet level secretaries
-white house staff
-many agencies under control of gov't - access to A LOT
-VP
-office of first lady - some powerful, some not |
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| Executive Office of the President |
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| -closest advisers and strongest supporters of the president |
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-don't come w/the office
-power to persuade depends on style
-presidential time: certain situations/circumstances that shape what a president is able to do
-elections: how big did you win? can you run again?
-connections to interest groups, your past, what you owe to your party, what your party owes you |
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Part of "The Bully Pulpit"
-by going public and telling people to put pressure on their member of Congress
-a personal power |
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working people 1 on 1
-a personal power |
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| a subunit of the Executive Office of the President, the WHO is the core of the presidential staff system in that it includes the president's closest and most trusted personal advisers |
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a group consisting of the heads of the executive (cabinet) departments, who are appointed by the pres, subject to confirmation by the senate
-was once the main advisory body to the pres, but no longer plays this role |
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| the pres's first month in office, time when congress, press and public are more inclined than usual to support presidential initiatives |
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| theory that prevailed in the 19th century and held that the presidency was a limited or restrained office whose occupant was confined to expressly granted constitutional authority |
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| theory that argues for a strong, assertive presidential role, with presidential authority limited only at points specifically prohibited by law |
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-term to describe the modern presidency of the United States
-first that the US Presidency was out of control and second that the Presidency had exceeded the constitutional limits. |
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