Chapter 10

Question 1

What are the powers of the President?

Answer 1

They set the tone for the entire government, and can elect staff that are sympathetic to the policies the president wants to enforce and support

Question 2

In what Article is the Presidency established?

Answer 2

Article II

Question 3

What are the three types of presidential power, as established in Article II?

Answer 3

Expressed powers of the office, implied powers, and delegated powers

Question 4

What is the type of presidential power not found in Article II?

Answer 4

Inherent

Question 5

What are the expressed presidential powers found in Article II, Section 2?

Answer 5

Military, Judicial (pardons), Diplomatic (treaties)

Question 6

Article II, Section 3 establishes what expressed presidential powers?

Answer 6

Executive (enforcing laws), Legislative (making laws)

Question 7

In what instances could the President deploy troops in a state or city without a specific request from the state legislature or governor?

Answer 7

He considers it essential to national service during an emergency
To enforce a federal judicial order
To protect federally guaranteed civil rights

Question 8

What is the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty?

Answer 8

They are both contracts between two countries with the same amount of force, but an executive agreement does not require Senate approval

Question 9

The president’s executive powers include making sure all laws are faithfully executed, and…

Answer 9

Appointing and supervising all executive officers and appointing all federal judges (with Senate approval)

Question 10

What executive power of the President was contested early on, but still stands today?

Answer 10

Presidents’ sole power to remove executive branch officials

Question 11

What are the two constitutional provisions that truly give the President his power in the legislative arena?

Answer 11

His State of the Union address and his veto power

Question 12

What is the State of the Union address?

Answer 12

A speech that fulfills the requirement in the constitution that the President must propose policies and give guidance to Congress.

Question 13

What is veto power?

Answer 13

The president’s constitutional power to prevent a bill from becoming a law

Question 14

No bill that is vetoed by the President can become law except when what happens?

Answer 14

Both the House and the Senate override the veto by a two-thirds vote

Question 15

What is a pocket veto?

Answer 15

A presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 10 days of a legislative session.

Question 16

When Congress is in session, and the president doesn’t sign a bill within 10 days, what happens?

Answer 16

It becomes law

Question 17

What percent of vetoes in history have been upheld?

Answer 17

More than 90%

Question 18

What is an implied power?

Answer 18

A power that is necessary to allow presidents to exercise their expressed power.

Question 19

What is the Unitary Executive Theory?

Answer 19

That the president has implied powers unless the powers are explicitly restricted in the constitution.

Question 20

What are delegated powers?

Answer 20

Powers given to the President that are products of congressional statutes (laws) and resolutions

Question 21

What is an executive order?

Answer 21

A direct presidential directive to the bureaucracy to undertake some action, bypassing Congress and the legislative process.

Question 22

Which article of the Constitution describes the basic powers of the presidency and the means of selecting presidents?

Answer 22

Article II

Question 23

Executive agreements are exactly like treaties except that

Answer 23

It does not require Senate Approval

Question 24

What are the requirements for overriding a presidential veto?

Answer 24

Two thirds vote in both Houses

Question 25

Who has the Supreme Court ruled as having sole powers in removing appointed officials from office?

Answer 25

The president

Question 26

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 was an act passed by Congress that...

Answer 26

...allowed the president to send American troops into action abroad only if Congress had granted an authorization to use force or if military personnel were already under attack.

Question 27

Can the president declare a state of national emergency without Congress' approval?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

Approximately how many people work for agencies within the Executive Office of the President?

Answer 28

1,500 to 2,000

Question 29

What EOP agency is responsible for preparing the national budget, designing the president's program, and overseeing regulatory proposals?

Answer 29

The Office of Management and Budget

Question 30

Does the vice president serve as an honorary member of the Supreme Court?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

Executive orders have a long history in the United States and have been the instruments for a number of important policies including what? (Name four)

Answer 31

The Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas, the emancipation of the slaves, the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, the desegregation of the military, the initiation of affirmative action, and the creation of a number of federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Peace Corps.

Question 32

What does it mean when the president signs a statement?

Answer 32

It's an announcement of his interpretation of the congressional enactment that he is signing into law.

Question 33

Who delegates powers to other branches and why?

Answer 33

Congress, because they can't handle the span of responsibility

Question 34

Department of Homeland Security is what?

Answer 34

A group with broad powers concerning law enforcement, public health, and immigration, that are delegated by Congress

Question 35

Define Head of State

Answer 35

Meaning in charge symbolically and ceremonially

Question 36

Define Head of Government

Answer 36

Meaning in charge of actual daily functioning of the government

Question 37

Main difference between parliamentary and presidential system?

Answer 37

The Head of State and Head of Government are usually held by different people in a parliamentary system

Question 38

Under what act can a president declare a national emergency?

Answer 38

1976 National Emergency Act

Question 39

What can a president accomplish with a declared state of emergency?

Answer 39

Embargo trade, seize foreign assets, prohibit transactions from foreign countries

Question 40

How can congress dissolve a state of national emergency?

Answer 40

A joint resolution of the 2 houses

Question 41

What was the purpose of the 1988 Stafford Act?

Answer 41

To ensure that the president didn't act disproportionately to state and local disasters

Question 42

What makes up the institutional presidency?

Answer 42

Cabinet, White House Staff, Executive office of the President, Vice President, Spouse

Question 43

What is the cabinet?

Answer 43

An informal group of major department heads

Question 44

What are two defining characteristics of the White House Staff?

Answer 44

The advice they give is supposed to be broader, politically, then that of the EOP, and White Staff do not need Senate Approval

Question 45

What year was the EOP created?

Answer 45

In 1939

Question 46

For what 2 purposes was the position of Vice President created?

Answer 46

To succeed the president in death, | To preside over the Senate and cast a tie-breaking vote if needed

Question 47

What 2 reasons are Vice Presidents chosen?

Answer 47

To win a state that wouldn't have otherwise been won | To bridge gaps between other members of goverment