Executive

Question 1

The president’s powers

Answer 1

Five Powers (5) = Military, Judicial, Diplomatic, Executive, Legislative

Question 2

Expressed Powers

Answer 2

Specific powers granted to the president under Article 2 of the constitutions

Question 3

Expressed Military Powers

Answer 3

Article 2, Section 2 = Commander in chief - controls over the Department of Defense, of the national military, and state national guard units

Question 4

Expressed Judicial

Answer 4

Article 2, Section 2 = power to gran reprieves and pardons, except in the case of impeachment

Question 5

Expressed Diplomatic

Answer 5

Article 2 Section 2 = power to make treaties and to receive ambassadors

Question 6

Expressed Executive

Answer 6

Article 2, Section 3 = see that to it that all laws are faithfully executed (delegated power)

Section 2 = power to appoint, remove, and supervise all executive officers and appoint all federal judges

Question 7

Expressed Legislative

Answer 7

Article 1, Section 7, and Article 2 Section 3 give the president the power to participate in the legislative process

Question 8

Presidential Selection Requirements

Answer 8

Natural born citizen
35 years of age
14 year resident of the US

Question 9

Presidential Removal

Answer 9

25th Ammendment (1951) = Treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors, impeachment

Question 10

Presidential Succession

Answer 10

Presidential Succession Act of 1947 = Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro temporero of the senate, Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Defense, and other cabinet heads in order of the creation of their department

Became constitutional requirement (25th Amendment) in 1965