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| What is the main function of the executive branch? | executes (enforces, administers, carries out) the provisions of federal law. |
| Which article of the Constitution outlines the purpose of the executive branch? | Article 2 Section 1 |
| List the formal qualifications to become president: | 35 years old, Natural born Citizen of the US, Resident of US for 14 years, open to both genders |
| What is the maximum number of years a person can serve as president of the United States? | 10 years, based on the 22nd Amendment |
| How is it possible for a president to serve more than 8 years? | Serve as Vice President and become president after 2 years and get elected for 2 more terms |
| List the top three in the order of succession to the presidency should something happen to the president himself. | Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate |
| What are the main two roles of the vice president of the United States? | preside over the Senate and to help decide the question of presidential disability |
| The vice president is only a ¬¬¬¬_____________ away from the presidency. | heartbeat |
| What is the purpose of the 25th amendment? | vice president becomes president to replace a president and to then fill the vice president postion |
| What is the purpose of the president’s cabinet | advise the President- |
| What does it mean if a president is impeached? | removed from office on impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors |
| What is the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty? ¬¬¬¬ | executive agreements do not require Senate consent |
| What is the purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973? | limits on Presidents' military power |
| How long can the president use the United States military without congressional approval? | 90 days |
| What are the four options a president has when dealing with a measure passed by Congress? | sign the bill, veto it, allow the bill to become law by not acting on it, neither signing nor vetoing it, within 10 days, 4th option- pocket veto |
| What is the bureaucracy? | a large, complex, administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organziation. |
| What is the difference between the implied and expressed powers of the president? | Implied powers are those powers that are not set out in so many words in the constitution but are implied by those that are. Expressed powers are spelled out in the constitution |
| Implied power ---- example | example is creating the Air Force |
| Expressed power- example | commander in chief of the armed forces; commission officers of the armed forces; grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment); convene Congress into special session; receive ambassadors; take care that the laws be faithfully executed; make use of the "executive power" of the office; appoint officials to lesser offices. Powers shared with the Senate/House: make treaties; appoint ambassadors, judges, and high governmental officials; approve legislation |
| commutation | the power to reduce (commute) the length of a sentence or fine for a crime |
| clemency | Mercy or leniency granted to an offender by a chief executive |
| amnesty | a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators |
| reprieve | an official postponement of the execution of a sentence |
| pardon | release from the punishment or legal consequences of crime, by the President (in a federal case) or a governor (in a State case). |
