Chapter 8 - Presidency
Order by
14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cabinet | The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers. |
| executive agreement | formal government agreement entered into by the president that does not require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate |
| Executive Office of President | Created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy. |
| executive order | a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register. |
| executive privilege | an implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary. |
| inherent powers | powers that belong to the national government simply because it is a sovereign body. |
| line-item veto | the authority of a chief executive to delete part of a bill passed by the legislature that involves taxing or spending. ruled unconstitutional by the u.s. supreme court. |
| New Deal | the name given to the program of "Relief, Recovery, Reform" begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression. |
| Office of Management and Budget | The office that prepares the president's annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies the economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bill and agency rules. |
| pardon | an executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime. |
| 25th amendment | adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president. |
| 22nd amendment | adopted in 1951, 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. |
| U.S. v. Nixon | Key Supreme Court ruling on power of the president, finding that there is no absolute constitutional executive privilege to allow a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial |
| veto power | the formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing their becoming law without further congressional action. |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.