Ch.8 Ap government

22nd Amendment

Prevents a President from serving more than 2 terms, or a Vice President from serving 10 years via to the former President's death, resignation, impeachment, or incapacity

Executive Privilege

Allows the President to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that there was no overriding executive privilege

Presidential Succession Act

List, those in line ( after the Vice President) shall succeed the President

25th Amendment

Directs the President to appoint a new Vice President, subject to the approval (by a simple majority) of both houses of Congress

Presidential Appointment

Constitution authorizes him to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate

Cabinet

An advisory group selected by the President to help him make decisions and execute the laws

Executive Agreements

Formal international agreements entered into by the president and DO NOT require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate

Treaties

Formal international agreements entered into by the President and requires approval by 2/3 of the Senate

Legislation

Presidents cannot introduce legislation to Congress. They must rely on their party's leadership to do that for them

Appointments

The President has the authority to make 3,500 appointments to his administration (of which just over a 1,000 require Senate confirmation
He also technically appoints 75,000 military personnel

Power to make treaties

The President's power to make treaties with foreign nations is checked by the Constitution's stipulation that all treaties must be approved by at least 2/3 of the members of the Senate

Ambassadors

The chief executive can "receive ambassadors

The Senate

Ratifies about 90% of the treaties submitted to the President
(21 treaties that have been put to a vote have been rejected, often jnder highly partisan circumstances

Woodrow Wilson

Who was the Treaty of Versailles submitted by in 1919?

An agreement among the major nations to end World War I. It also called for a League of Nations

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

A precursor of the United States� to foster continued peace and international disarmament

What is the League of Nations?

Jimmy Carter

Who proposed the controversial Panama Canal Treaty in 1977?

A controversial treaty to turn the Panama Canal over to Panama

What is the Panama Canal Treaty?

A President unsigning a treaty

When the George Bush aministration formally withdre its support for the International Criminal Court it was an example of what?

Congressional "fast track" authority

protects a President's ability to negotiate trade agreements with confidence that the official agreement will not be altered by Congress

Trade agreements under "fast track

Trade agreements submitted to Congress under fast tract procedure bar amendments and require an up or down vote in Congress within 90 days of introduction

By entering into executive agreements, which allows the President to form secret and highly sensitive arrangements with foreign nations without Senate approval

How many the President try to get around the constitutional "advice and consent" of the Senate for ratification of treaties and the congressional approval requirements foe trade agreements?

Veto Power

Presidents can affect the policy process through the veto power, which is the authority to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress

By threatening to veto legislation gives a President another way to influence law-making

Why is the veto power sometimes not beneficial?

Ulysses S. Grant

Who proposed a constitutional amendment to give to Preidents a line- item veto?

A power to disapprove of individual items within a spending bill not just the bill in its entirety

What is the line-item veto?

Clinton v. City of New York (1998)

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the line-item veto is unconstitutional because it gave powers to the President denied to him by the U.S. Constitution

States that the President is " Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.

What does Article II state?

War Powers Act

Limits the President's authority to introduce American troops into hostile foreign lands without congressional approval