formal powers of the president
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Formal Powers of the President. Constitutional or enumerated powers of the presidency Found primarily in Article II of the Constitution. Formal Powers: Commander-in-Chief. Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy Commander in Chief of the state militias (now the National Guard) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Formal Powers of the President
Constitutional or enumerated powers of the presidency
Found primarily in Article II of the Constitution
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Formal Powers: Commander-in-Chief
Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy Commander in Chief of the state militias (now
the National Guard) Commission all officers
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Formal Powers: Chief Executive
“Faithfully execute” the laws Require the opinion of heads of executive
departments Grant pardons for federal offenses except for
cases of impeachment Nominate judges of the Supreme Court and all
other officers of the U.S. with consent of the Senate
Fill vacancies that may happen during recess of the Senate
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Formal Powers:Foreign Affairs
Appoint ambassadors, ministers and consuls
Make treaties subject to Senate confirmation
Receive ambassadors
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Formal Powers:Chief Legislator
Give State of the Union address to Congress
Recommend “measures” to the Congress
Upon “extraordinary occasions” convene both houses of Congress
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Formal Powers:Chief Legislator (cont.)
Presidential Veto
Veto Message within 10 days of passing the House of origin
Pocket Veto - President does not sign within 10 days
Congress can override with 2/3 majority from both Houses
Veto Politics Congressional override is difficult (only 4%)
Threat of veto can cause Congress to make changes in legislation
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• Those powers not explicitly written in the Constitution
• Similar to “necessary and proper” powers of Congress
• In the modern era (since 1933), the President’s informal powers may be significantly more powerful than his formal powers
Informal Powers
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Executive Orders• Orders issued by the
President that carry the force of law
• Clinton’s “Don’t ask don’t tell” gays in the military policy
• FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans
• GWB trying suspected terrorists in military tribunals
Notice for Japanese “relocation,” 1942
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Executive Agreements
• International agreements, usually related to trade, made by a president that has the force of a treaty; does NOT need Senate approval
• Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana in 1803 • GWB announced cuts in
the nuclear arsenal, but not in a treaty; usually trade agreements between
US and other nations
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Executive Privilege• Claim by a president that he has the right to decide
that the national interest will be better served if certain information is withheld from the public, including the Courts and Congress
• United States v. Nixon (1973) – presidents do NOT have unqualified executive privilege (Nixon Watergate tapes)
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Questions for Discussion• Why are informal powers more important
than formal powers, particularly to modern presidents?
• Identify several advantages and disadvantages of the use of the president’s informal powers.
• Has the use and perhaps abuse of the informal powers created an “Imperial Presidency?” Defend your answer.
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Presidential Quotations
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President Harry S. TrumanPresident Harry S. Truman
"I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to."
"I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to."
Truman, 33rd President, 1945-53
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President John F. KennedyPresident John F. Kennedy
“No easy problem ever comes to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.”
“No easy problem ever comes to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.”
President Kennedy’s nationally televised address during the Cuban Missile Crisis,
October, 1962
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President Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident Lyndon B. Johnson
“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.”
“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.”
President Johnson, 36th President, 1963-69
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President Richard M. NixonPresident Richard M. Nixon
"Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."
"Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government." In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal,
President Nixon departs the White House after his resignation, Aug., 1974
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President George W. BushPresident George W. Bush
“To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say 'Well done.' And to the C students, I say 'You, too, can be president of the United States.'”President George W. Bush, speaking at Yale University's 300th commencement ceremony
“To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say 'Well done.' And to the C students, I say 'You, too, can be president of the United States.'”President George W. Bush, speaking at Yale University's 300th commencement ceremony
President Bush, 43rd President, 2001-present