POLS 110 Executive Branch

What was the purpose of the 22nd Amendment?

To prevent the president from serving more than 2 terms?

What did the Constitution framers believe best for the president?

To be the wisest leader of the nation than the Senators and House of Representatives.

What each state is assigned according to Article II?

Certain number of electoral votes. These votes are equal to the number of representatives and senators in that state.

The purpose of the electoral college

To prevent a dictator from ruling the nation with an iron fist.

The truth of election days

The voters are actually voting for electors favoring the presidential candidates.

Other complications of the electoral college.

State legislatures decide how the votes be distributed between candidates.

How can a candidate become President?

The majority of electoral votes. Most electoral votes do not guaranteed victory unless the candidate wins 50% of the votes.

Who can issue the charges of impeachment?

The House

How much can the president be acquitted?

2/3

Why is the president “commander-in-chief”?

The framers of the constitution feared a military overthrowing democracy and take political power away.

Exceptions to pardons

May not restore someone to office if they were impeached.

What did the Anti-Federalists argue about power for president?

Powers such as veto laws, commander-in-chief, and pardon crimes would allow the President to become a king.

Plural executive

Presidency of a group of people.

Unitary executive

Presidency if one person.

War Powers Act of 1973

Limits the President’s ability to keep troops in combat without approval from Congress. The President must remove troops within 90 days unless Congress authorizes the fight to happen.