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The Presidency

Qualifications

Duties (Constitutional)

Military Power

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

War Powers Resolution 1973

Growing Power of the President

Diplomatic Power

Treaty (Senate 2/3)

Executive Agreements

Grant Diplomatic Recognition

Impoundment:

refusal to spend money

appropriated by Congress

1974: Budget Reform & Impoundment Act

all funds appropriated by Congress must

be spent unless Congress approves the

impoundment

Executive Privilege:

Confidentiality

1973: US v Nixon (Watergate)

Limited in judicial proceedings

1982: Nixon v Fitzgerald

(cannot sue for damages related

to presidential decisions made

while in office)

1997: Clinton v Jones

(no protection from civil suits)

Natural-born citizen

Must have lived in the US for

14 years prior to the

election.

35 years old

Appointment Power

Cabinet Chiefs

Supreme Court Justices

Ambassadors

(2/3 Senate)

Agenda Setting:

determines policy priorities

State of the Union Address

Executive Orders:

have the force of law

Veto Power

return to Congress with

message or explanation

Congress can override with

2/3 vote

Line-Item Veto:

veto parts, but not all of a bill

1997-Clinton v City of New York

The Office of Management and Budget

Executive Office of the President

prepares the budget the President send to the Congress for approval

assist the president in carrying our the administration of the government.

allocates funding to the cabinet departments

THE CHIEF OF STAFF:

*top aide to the president.

* usually someone they know and

trust

* controls access to the president

Council of Economic Advisors

* assist president in forming economic

policy

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National Security Council:

*Headed by the National Security Advisor

* free from Congressional Oversight

* military and foreign policy

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