AP gov presidential powers

Commander in Chief

Highest ranking officer in the military.

Congress

Only who can declare war?

Initiate military action without congressional approval.

The Commander, however, can still do what?

War Powers Resolution

A law passed in 1973 spelling out the conditions under which the president can commit troops without congressional approval.

Emergency Power

An inherent power exercised by the president during a period of national crisis.

Supervises and offers leadership to various departments, agencies, and programs created by Congress.

The President serves as administrative head of the nation, and does what?

Head of State

The role of the president as ceremonial head of the government.

Chief Executive

The role of the president as head of executive branch of the government.

Signing Statement

A written declaration that a president may make when signing a bill into law. Usually, such statements point out sections of the law that the president deems unconstitutional.

Chief Legislator

The role of the president in influencing the making of laws.

Can call congress into special session on extraordinary occasions.

Since the president can convene congress, what can he do?

Veto

A POTUS can do what to any bill or resolution enacted by Congress? (exeption - joint resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment)

2/3

How many votes does it take in each house to override a presidential veto?

Veto Message

The president's formal explanation of a veto who legislation is returned to Congress.

Pocket Veto

A special veto exercised by the chief executive after a legislative body has adjourned. Bills not signed by the chief executive die after a specified period of time. If Congress wishes to reconsider such a bill, it must be reintroduced in the following session of Congress.

Line-Item Veto

The power of an executive to veto individual lines or items within a piece of legislation without vetoing the entire bill. Introduced by Ronald Reagan.

Federal

The President has the authority to appoint what type of court judges?

Ambassador

The President has the authority to appoint what kind of person?

Cabinet

The President has the authority to appoint what type of members?

Policy

The President has the authority to appoint those who have the ability to make rules without making law. ?

Lesser officials

The President has the authority to appoint what other type of people?

Senate

Many appointments are subject to what type of approval?

Civil Service

A collective term for the body of employees working for the government. Generally, this is understood to apply to all those who gain government employment through a merit system.

Appointment Power

The authority vested in the president to fill a government office or position. Positions filled by presidential appointment include those in the executive branch and the federal judiciary, commissioned officers in the armed forces, and members of the independent regulatory commissions.

Reprieve

A formal postponement of the execution of a sentence imposed by a court of law.

Pardon

A release from the punishment for or legal consequences of a crime; this can be granted by the president before or after a conviction.

Chief Diplomat

The role of the president in recognizing foreign governments, making treaties, and effecting executive agreements.

Advice and Consent

Terms in the Constitution describing the U.S Senate's power to review and approve treaties and presidential appointments.

Diplomatic Recognition

The formal acknowledgment of a foreign government as legitimate.

Executive Agreement

An international agreement made by the president, without senatorial ratification, with the head of a foreign state (presidential power).

State of the Union Message

An annual message to Congress in which the president proposes a legislative program. the message is addressed not only to Congress but also to the American people and to the world.

Constitutional Power

A power vested in the president by Article II of the Constitution.

Statutory Power

A power created for the president through laws enacted by Congress.

Expressed Power

A power of the president that is specifically written into the Constitution or into statutory law.

Inherent Power

A power of the president derived from the statements in the Constitution that "the executive Power shall be vested in a President" and that the president should "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"; defined through practice rather than through law. (presidential power).

State of the Union Address

The president's annual statement to Congress and the nation.