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+Presidential Power
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+- Founding of US
+    - Presidency was a unique, new US concept
+    - Power has fluctuated a lot
+    - Now, it's super important and even revered
+- Becoming President
+    - Article II Section 1
+        - 35 yrs old
+        - Natural born
+    - Common characteristics that help 
+        - Previous success in business, politics, law
+        - Protestant, white, male
+        - Most presidents didn't have Ph.Ds
+
+Roles of the President
+- Chief of State
+    - Symbolic roles
+        - Host foreign dignitaries
+        - Throw the first pitch at the World Series
+- Chief Executive
+    - Heads bureaucracy
+    - Appoints SC nominees
+    - Budget roles
+    - Enforcement of enacted legislation
+- Commander-in-chief
+    - Increasing importance over time
+        - Standing army, defense department
+        - Nuclear powers
+    - Attempts to reign in power over time
+        - War Powers Resolution Act requires pres, in 48hrs, to inform
+          Congress of military deployment
+- Chief Diplomat
+    - Sort of an inherent power
+    - Directs foreign policy
+    - Treaties are passed by 2/3 vote in Congress, negotiated by pres
+    - "Executive Agreements"
+        - More temporary, less "deep" treaty
+- Chief Legislator
+    - Sets the Agenda
+        - Term-length
+    - State of the Union, yearly, mandated by Constitution
+        - Radio, TV made it more of a spectacle
+        - Used to just be a note/letter to Congress
+- Party Chief and Politician
+    - Domestic vs Foreign Policy
+        - Congressional vs Public Support
+        - Few presidents are great at both
+    - Chief Campaigner/Fundraiser
+        - Often campaigning for other politicians in party
+        - Midterms, mostly
+        - "go on the stump"
+
+Emergency Power
+    - Only during a specific national crisis
+    - Limited: president must assign his action to a specific power in
+      the code
+Executive Orders
+- Must relate to existing, delegated area of presidential authority
+- Same weight as real laws because they're meant to follow existing laws
+- 300 executive orders in eight years is average
+Executive Privilege
+    - Hide things from Congress
+    - Does not extend to crimes (Nixon)
+Inherent Powers (anything any head of state would have)
+    - ex: Diplomatic Immunity
+
+
+Impeachment
+- Defined in Constitution @ Art. I, Sec 2,3 and Art. II, Sec 4
+- Most people misunderstand the term
+    - Does NOT mean automatic removal
+    - Can try president or member of executive branch or member of gov
+    - "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"
+- House has power of impeachment
+- Senate conducts the trial
+- 20 impeachments in history
+    - 8 were removed
+    - 3 resigned
+    - 8 were acquitted
+    - 1 trial was dismissed
+    - Most were judges impeached on bribery, only 3 presidents
+        - Andrew Johnson
+        - Clinton
+        - Trump
+    - Trump *might* be reimpeached on new evidence