presidential powers “the executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of...
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Presidential Powers
“The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America”
Article II of the Constitution
Executive Powers in the Constitution
Command the armed forcesMake treatiesApprove or veto acts of CongressSend & receive diplomatic
representativesGrant pardons & reprievesFaithfully execute the laws of the land
Executing the Law
President executes, enforces, administers, & carries out the provisions of federal law
Specific details necessary to the day-to-day administration of the law are usually left to be worked out by the executive branchThis is done by the different departments of
the executive branch
Ordinance Power
Executive order- a directive, rule, or regulation that has the effect of lawArises from the Constitution &
Congress
Appointing Power
Power to appoint top administration officialsAmbassadors & diplomatsCabinet members & their top aidsAll federal judges, attorneys, & marshalsOfficers of the armed forces
Must have Senate approval
Removal Power
The first Congress (1789) gave the president the power to remove from office those which he nominated to office
The exception- federal judges
Diplomatic Powers
TreatiesExecutive agreements- pacts between
the President & the heads of foreign states (do not require Senate approval)
Recognition- president indicates that the United States accepts that country as an equal in the “family of nations”
Military Powers
As commander-in-chief the President has the final authority over & responsibility for any & all military matters
Truman’s firing of General MacArthurMacArthur was found to be insubordinate to
the commander-in-chief
War PowersMay use the armed forces in undeclared
warBegan with John Adams & has been done by
most modern PresidentsTruman, LBJ, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II
Power as commander-in-chief is much greater in a time of warDuring WWII Congress gave FDR the power to
ration food & gasoline, & to control wages & prices, and to seize & operate certain private industries.
May call State militias into federal service