Powers Of The President

Question 1

List of all the president’s powers

Answer 1

Execute laws faithfully
Power of pardon
Veto or sign legislation
Commander in chief
State of the union address
Make treaties
Appointments of federal justices and cabinet offices
Request opinions of the heads of executive departments
Recess appointments
Receive ambassadors
Convene or adjourn both houses on extraordinary occasion

Question 2

example of president withdrawing troops

Answer 2

Trump 2021afghanistan

Question 3

Example of executive role of president being used

Answer 3

Trump appointed three supreme court justices

Gorsuch
Kavanaugh
Coney Barret

Question 4

Example of executive checks against the president

Answer 4

Appointments need to be ratified by senate

If Congress uses a veto override the president must carry out the law such as with defense spending bill in Jan 2021

Question 5

President legislative role

Answer 5

Trump suggested the border wall with Mexico in numerous state of the union addresses Obama used the veto 12 times and trump 10 times

Question 6

Constitutional checks against presidents legislative powers

Answer 6

Congress can use veto override as it did against Obama’s veto of the justice against sponsors of terrorism act

Congress must introduce and pass legislation before President chooses to sign or veto it hence trumps difficulty getting border wall done

Question 7

Presidents military powers

Answer 7

Trump used military to quell some BLM protesters

Obama sent 1000 national guard’s to us Mexico border 2010

Question 8

Constitutional checks against president military

Answer 8

Some states refused to help trump quell BLM protesters

Need permission from state to Deploy troops

Question 9

Judicial powers of president

Answer 9

Trump pardoned his long time friend and ally Roger stone who was sentenced to prison for lying to Congress

Question 10

Executive orders

Answer 10

A direction to federal bureaucracy on how the president would like a piece of legislation to be implemented

Example trump used executive order to block provisions for Obamacare

Biden used 60 executive orders first 100 days 24 directly reversed policies of trump

Question 11

National events

Answer 11

National events can give a president more power also less

Eg George Bush 911, more power

Obama used sandy hook and Orlando shootings for greater gun control

Iraq war cost bush

Question 12

Extent of presidential accountability to Congress

Answer 12

Which party controls congress

Willingness to use imperial powers

Circumstances