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twenty second amendment
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adopted in 1951, limits a president to serving only 2 term
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impeachment
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the power delegated to the house they can charge the president with a crime and the senate tries the accused.
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executive privilege
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an implied presidentioal power that allows the president to refuse to disclose info regarding confidential conversations
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executive privilege
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an implied presidentioal power that allows the president to refuse to disclose info regarding confidential conversations
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us v nixon
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key supreme court ruling on power of the president, can't use executive privilege when it is relating to a criminal trial
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twenty fith amendment
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adopted in 1967 to establish procedure for filling  presidential vacancies in the office
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cabinet
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the formal body of the presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments
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executive agreement
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formal government agreement entered into by the president that does not require consent from the senate
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veto power
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the formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both the house and the senate, preventing it from becoming a law
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line item veto
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the authority of a chief executive to delete part of a bill passed by the legislature that involves taxing or spending
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war powers act
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passed by congress in 1973 the president is limited to deployment of troops overseas to a sixty day period in peacetime unless congress gives approval for longer period
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pardon
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an executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges to a specific indivdual charged or convicted of a crime
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inherent powers
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powers of the president that can be derived or inferred form specific powers in the constitution
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new deal
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the name given to relief recovery reform begun by president Franklin D Roosevelt in 1933 to bring united states out of the great depression
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Executive office of the president
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an establishment created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy
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patronage
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jobs grants or othe special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support
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office of management and budget
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the office that prepares the president annual budget proposal reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments
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executive order
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a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law all executive orders must be published in the federal register
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