Gov't Ch.9 Presidential Leadership
Terms
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Constitutional Powers (formal)
(7) - command military, appoint ambassadors, appoint cabinet heads, appoint judges, issues pardons, make treaties, carry out laws
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Informal powers
(4) -
-Tradition (2 term limit)
-Crisis (9/11)
-Public Support (reporters leak info to get support)
-Executive Privelege -
Limits on Power
(4) -
-Congress ( War Powers Act, Vetos)
-Courts (reveiw what Prz does & can rule actions uncon.)
-Bureaucracy (support from businesses)
-Public opinion -
Roles of the president
(7) - Head of State, Cheif executive, Cheif Legislator, Economic Planner, Party Leader, Cheif Diplomat, Commander in Cheif
- Head of State
- ceremonial things (go to banquets, Veteran's day puts wreath up, t-ball on white house lawn, lights nat'l xmas tree, throws 1st pitch of baseball season)
- Chief Executive
- makes sure laws are executed or carried out (appoints judges to make sure laws are carried out, can pardon ppl)
- Chief Legislator
- makes laws and gets them passed (vetos on laws, presents laws to Congress)
- Economic Planner
- anything economic (freeze gas prices, anything to help inflation or unemployment [state of union address], trade)
- Party Leader
- leads Republican party & is the highest ranking republican (fund raises, support other repub. candidates, loans out popularity through support)
- Chief Diplomat
- anything dealing with foreign affairs (appointing ambassadors, making treaties)
- Commander in Chief
- anything to do w/ military (calling out nat'l guard to help w/ hurricanes, sending out troops, war decisions)