Unit 4: President and Bureaucracy Flashcards
(62 cards)
parlimentary system
the legislative selects the executive (parliment chooses prime minister)
framers wanted electoral college because
- wants to keep separation of powers(parliamentary would mean that congress picked pres)
- doesn’t want mob rule (some ppl are uneducated)
how does the electoral college reflects separation of powers
the electoral college can’t make laws - mini congress that gets together every 4 years then it dissolves
who is in charge of choosing that state’s electors
state legislature
how many electors in electoral college
538 - state reps + senators
how does the electoral college vote
- electors vote in December in their state capital
- gives the news to the pres of the senate (vp)
- vp counts the electoral votes in front of a joint session of congress
what happens if there’s a tie
they pick the top 3 candidates and the house picks the pres and senate picks vp (each state gets one vote)
what does the popular vote do
it shows preference and determines which electors go to the college vote
Constitutionalism:
The U.S. Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances among branches of government and allocates power between federal and state governments. This system is based on the rule of law and the balance majority rule and minority rights.
Liberty and Order:
Governmental laws and policies balancing order and liberty are based on the U.S. Constitution and have been interpreted differently over time.
Civic Participation in a Representative Democracy:
Popular sovereignty, individualism, and republicanism are important considerations of U.S. laws and policy making and assume citizens will engage and participate.
Competing Policy-Making Interests:
Multiple actors and institutions interact to produce and implement possible policies.
The federal bureaucracy is a powerful institution implementing federal policies with sometimes questionable accountability
Methods of Political Analysis:
Using various types of analyses, political scientists measure how U.S. political behavior, attitudes, ideologies, and institutions are shaped by a number of factors over time.
divided gov
pres is one party, congress is another
gridlock
cant get anything done cuz too differing ideas, result of divided gov
take care clause
executive has the duty to enforce the laws as their written
veto
pres says no to law
pocket veto
bill fails to become law because the president does not sign it within the ten-day period and cannot return the bill to Congress because Congress is no longer in session.
treaty
A formal, public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two thirds of the Senate.
executive agreement
n agreement between the United States and a foreign government that is less formal than a treaty and is not subject to the constitutional requirement for ratification by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate
pres prefers agreements over treaties bc it only takes ½ not ⅔
line item veto
vetoing part of a bill not all of it (illegal)
impeachment
the charges for an elected official HOR
Executive Privilege-
exec branch gets to have confidential communication between executive branch
us v nixon
President does not have executive privilege in immunity from subpoenas or other civil court actions.
