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Presidential Power
- 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
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