Expressed powers of the U.S president

Commander in Chief of the military

-commander in chief in army, navy
-commander in chief of state militias (national guard)
-commission all officers of the military

examples of commander in chief of military

- Roosevelt commanding military WWII
-Eisenhower deploy US Army in Little Rock HS
-Bush deploy national guard in Iraq

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

-"vested" with president
-Nominate (senate confirm) members and oversee exec. departments created by Congress
-Faithful execution of law
-fill vacancies that may happen during senate recess

CEO examples

-Washington appointed 1st secretary of state, treasury, war, ect
-Bush used recess appointment power to appoint John Bolton as Ambassador

Powers in foreign affairs

-appoint ambassadors, diplomats
-make treaties (senate confirm)
-Receive foreign ambassadors

Power in foreign affairs examples

-Clinton appoint 1st US ambassador to Vietnam since end of war
-Kennedy negotiated the Nuclear Test Ban treaty with USSR

Legislative Powers

-"state of union address" to congress
-Recommend "measures" (potential laws) to congress
-"extraordinary occasions" convene both houses
-sign, veto, or pocket veto bills

Legislative Powers Examples

-Washington gave 1st state of union address
-Roosevelt proposed New Deal
-Truman special session of congress to urge legis. Agenda

Judicial powers

-nominate judges, officers
-Grant pardons, (NOT IMPEACHMENTS)

Judicial Powers examples

-Obama appoint sonia sotomayor and elena kagan to US Supreme court
-Ford pardoned Nixon