Chapter 14
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48 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What are some factors that have strengthened the role and powers of the Presidency? | held by one person, influence presidents themselves have on the office, Federal government must meet demands on booming industry, Congress forces president to carry out its laws, action taken by President during emergencies or war |
| Name the 2 major court cases where the Supreme court has attempted to hold in check the powers of the presidency | Youngstown Sheet & Tube V Sawyer (1952), Rasul V Bush & Hamdi V Rumsfeld (2004) |
| What was a major court case where the Supreme Court attempted to hold in check the powers of the presidency when prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba had the right to challenge whether or not they were imprisoned fairly. | Rasul v Bush & Hamdi V Rumsfeld (2004) |
| Name two contrasting views of the powers of presidency ? | Broad View and restricted powers |
| What president fell under the category that viewed the powers as having a broad view? | T. Roosevelt |
| What president fell under the category of looking at the president's powers as though they should be restricted? | Taft |
| Who held the most infamous imperial presidency | Nixon |
| What is a government in which the executive branch dominates the other 2 branches of government? | imperial presidency |
| The President can enforce and carry our federal laws based on what in the constitution? | takes oath to "preserve, protect and defend the constitution, and Constituion gives President the power to enforce all federal law |
| The President's actions can determine how effective certain laws will be enforced? | If president supports a law he will spend more time and money enforcing it, and if he does not support a law, he may not care if it is enforced |
| Since the President is the head of all executive agencies and the entire Executive Branch of about 2.7 million employees, what is the President's Role | Chief Administrator |
| What power of the President gives him/her the authority to issue the necessary orders to enforce laws? | ordinance power |
| What orders are passed by the President and considered law? | executive orders |
| When the President makes appointments such as an Ambassador or Cabinet member, how many Senators must approve? | A majority |
| What are some appointments made by the President and approved by a majority of the Senate? | Ambassadors, Diplomats, Cabinet Members, Head of independent agencies, All Federal Judges, U.S. Marshals, All officers in the armed forces |
| If President Obama decides to remove a member from the executive branch. does he have to have approval from the executive branch? | No |
| This was passed during Andrew Johnson's Presidency and declared unconstitutional because it stated that the President could not remove a top official without the approval of the senate. | Tenure of Office Act |
| Because the President has the power to make treaties, appoint ambassadors to other nations, and formally recognize foreign governments, what role of the President is this? | Chief Diplomat |
| Give 3 reasons why the Constitution makes the President the Chief Diplomat? | make treaties, appoints ambassadors, formally recognize foreign governments |
| What is a formal agreement between 2 or more sovereign states? | treaty |
| When President Obama makes a treaty who must approve the treaty and by what vote | The senate with a 2/3 vote |
| Everyone in Government class knows that these are different from from a treaty and do not require the consent of the Senate. | Executive agreements |
| This is the Presidents power to actually acknowledge the legal existence of another country and whether we well trade or negotiate with it. What is this power? | power of recognition |
| Give 3 examples of a president using the power of recognition as a "diplomatic weapon" in foreign affairs? | refused to recognize communist China from 1949 - 1972, U.S. recognized Panama less than 3 days after declaring independence for Columbia, U.S. quick recognized Israel when created in 1948 |
| A President can call a diplomat when the President is upset with another country which makes the diplomat become this? | persona non grata |
| What military powers does the President have? | Commander-in Chief |
| What military powers does Congress have? | declare war, raise and maintain army, make rules for military, Appropriate money for national defense, |
| Name an important military engagement by Truman | dropped a bomb on Korea |
| Name an important military engagement by Eisenhower | sent U.S. ships to Taiwan |
| Name an important military engagement by JFK | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Name an important military engagement by LBJ? | Vietnam |
| Name an important military engagement by Nixon | bombed Cambodia |
| Name an important military engagement by Reagan | sent troops to Lebanon |
| Name an important military engagement by Clinton | Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo |
| Name an important military engagement by Bush | Afghanistan, Iraq |
| This was passed due to the undeclared war in Vietnam that the President must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into combat, and may not send troops overseas for more than 60 days without approval by Congress. | War Power Resolution of 1973 |
| T or F? The constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution has never been tested? | True |
| Name some powers that a President can use during wartime that he could not exercise during times of Peace? | ration food, control wages and prices, Seize and operate private industry, use armed forces inside of U.S., call up any state militia |
| President Obama will give this where he first makes suggestions about legislation each year. | The State of the Union Address |
| This where the President can postpone or delay the carrying out of a sentence. | Reprieve |
| This is where the President can dismiss all charges on an individual. | Pardon |
| What is another word for asking forgiveness, reprieve, or pardon | clemency |
| T or FThe President's judicial powers of clemency apply only to cases involving federal crimes? | TRUE |
| Who granted Nixon a pardoned during the Watergate scanda? | Ford |
| What reduces the length of a sentence such as serving 15 years down to serving 5 years in prison? | Commutation |
| What is a general pardon offered to a large group of people for example, when President Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers in 1977? | Amnesty |
| What are 3 powers the President has because he is Chief Diplomat? | make treaties, appoint ambassadors, formally recognize foreign governments |
| What are 4 options the President has when Congress sends him a bill? | Sign it, Veto, Do nothing and after 10 days it becomes law, Pocket Veto |
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