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| Context & Significance of the Presidency |
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President is relatively weak; he doesn’t rule the purse, and Congress can overrule him.
Has a national constituency and is often considered to have a mandate from the people |
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| constituency of the president |
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held responsible to the national and state legislatures
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| expressed powers of the president |
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specific powers granted to the president under Article II, sec 2&3
Make treaties, grant pardons, nominate judges, command military etc
Congress delegates to the president only the power to identify or develop the means to carry out Congressional decisions.
Military, Judicial, Diplomat, Executive, and Legislative
o Military – Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and of the Militia of the several States, when called in to the actual service of the USA
o Judicial – Power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the Unites States, except in cases of impeachment
o Diplomatic – Power to receive ambassadors and other public ministers
o Executive – See to it that all laws are faithfully executed. Power to appoint, remove and supervise all executive officers and to appoint all federal judges.
o Legislative – Power to participate authoritatively in the legislative process |
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| war powers resolution act |
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a resolution of Congress that the president can send troops into action only by congressional authorization, or if American troops are already under attack/threat
Resolution passed in 1973 that required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign, and stipulated that forces must be withdrawn within 60 days in the absence of a specific congressional authorization for their continued deployment. |
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his/her constitutional right to reject a piece of legislation
President’s power to turn down acts of Congress. No bill vetoed by the president can become law unless both the House and the Senate override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote. |
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the president’s abstention from signing a bill, leading to its de facto death; if congress adjourns within ten days of the bill’s passage without him signing
Veto
Exercised when a bill is presented during the last 10 days of a legislative session and the president doesn’t sign it, forcing Congress to re-introduce the bill in the next session |
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power that allows the president to strike out specific provisions
Power to strike specific spending items from appropriations bills passed by Congress, unless reenacted by a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate. |
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the president’s inherent power to bring a legislative agenda before Congress
Ability to formulate proposals for important policies and the president, as an individual with a great deal of staff assistance, is able to initiate decisive action more frequently than Congress, with its large assemblies that have to deliberate and debate before taking action. |
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the president issues a unilateral command
A power possessed by virtually any CEO to make “company policy” – rules setting procedures, etiquette, chains of command, functional responsibilities and so on. |
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an agreement between the president and another country that doesen’t require the Senate’s approval
Like a treaty because it is a contract between two countries, but an executive agreement does not require a two-thirds vote of approval by the Senate (a treaty does require approval). |
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appeals to the public rather than to Congress
Popular mobilization as a technique of presidential power – public relations strategy |
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| Began with FDR and is considered the Second Republic. The president now oversees 20 million bureaucrats and has the authority to make executive decisions and go to war without the approval of Congress. |
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power expands or detracts depending on the times
WWII Japanese, internment camps |
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You can’t be a great president unless you serve during a recession, depression, war, or a crisis
A president’s greatness is often determined by his handling of a crisis (war, hurricane, recession, etc), or what long lasting drastic changes the president makes or facilitates during presidency. |
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| More people tend to like the president as a person, but not how his policies play out or his point of view. For example, President Bush Jr. had a very low approval rating at the end of his presidency, but people who met/knew Bush really liked him, regardless of their political ideology. |
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Domestic: Honeymoon and political capital
Foreign: ? |
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