Roles of the Presidency - Part 2

The following are true about Impeachment?

1. A President is impeached when a majority of the House of Representatives votes in favor of impeachment. 2. A President could be removed from office for something that is not a violation of the law. 3. Two-thirds of the Senate must find the President guilty on impeachment charges in order for him to be removed from office.

Formal requirements to be President of the United States?

1. A minimum of 35 years of age. 2. Natural born U.S. Citizen 3. Lived in the United States for 14 years.

Which does the Constitution say about military conflict?

1. Congress has the exclusive power to declare war. 2. The President is the Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy.

The two official duties of the Vice President spelled out in the Constitution?

1. Preside over the Senate. 2. Help decide the question of Presidential disability.

The correct order of Presidential Succession (first 5).

1. The President 2. The Vice President 3. Speaker of the House 4. President Pro Tempore 5. Secretary of State

All of the following that are options the President has when he receives a bill from Congress.

1. Veto the Bill. 2. Do nothing and allow the bill to become law in 10 days. 3. Sign the Bill into Law.

All of the following occurred surrounding the passage of the War Powers Act

1.. President Nixon vetoed the bill. 2.. Nixon felt it violated Separation of Powers 3. Congress voted to override the veto.

The following are true concerning the Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v Nixon?

1.. The Supreme Court said executive privilege did not protect the president in criminal matters. 2.. The Supreme Court acknowledged that executive privilege is constitutional.

Powers & Limitations: President Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson for the US Supreme Court.

Appointing officials

Choosing a vice presidential running mate who has strengths where the president is weak.

Balancing the ticket

This position presides over a Presidential Impeachment trial.

Chief Justice

This position is the president's closest advisor, perhaps the second most powerful position in the Executive Branch, and is sometimes referred to as the "Co-President."

Chief of Staff

Which of the following is NOT true concerning the War Powers Act.

Congress can require the President to send troops into action.

Powers & Limitations: President Trump directed the Border Patrol to increase efforts to stop illegal immigration.

Controlling the Bureaucracy

Powers & Limitations: President Biden does not want to use U.S. Military forces to defend Ukraine for fear it would lead to a larger, more deadly conflict with Russia.

Danger of Nuclear Confrontation

Cabinet that grants patents for new inventions.

Department of Commerce

Cabinet that enforces pure food and drug laws.

Department of Health & Human Services

Cabinet that runs the FBI

Department of Justice

Cabinet that carries out laws concerning minimum wage.

Department of Labor

Cabinet that investigates Train accidents

Department of Transportation

Cabinet that collects taxes.

Department of the Treasury

Powers & Limitations: President Trump was forced to deal with Covid-19 during the final year of his presidency.

Domestic Political Problems

The nearly 2000 people who help the president and his staff carry out the day to day duties of the Executive Branch.

Executive Office of the President

The concept that protects Presidential Advisors from being forced to turn over top secret or sensitive information to the courts.

Executive Privilege

Which of the following is NOT true about presidents threatening to use the veto.

It is illegal for the President to threaten to veto a bill.

The President's chief advisor on foreign affairs.

National Security Advisor

Powers & Limitations: President Biden meets with other NATO countries to discuss how to handle Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Negotiating treaties and Controlling diplomacy

Powers & Limitations: Numerous Federal Courts have denied requests by the Trump administration to intervene in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Power of the Courts

Perhaps the most visible of Presidential advisors, this person's responsibility is to tell the media what the administration's position is on certain topics.

Press Secretary

Powers & Limitations: President Trump called for a major overhaul of the corporate tax rate in his State of the Union Address.

Proposing & Vetoing Legislation

Departments that make up the "Inner Cabinet."

See chart

Two of the following are true about Watergate? Which one is NOT true?

The Supreme Court ruled that Separation of Powers makes the President immune from criminal prosecution.

This group, located in the West Wing of the White House, is made up of the President's closest advisors, and help carry out the President's day to day agenda.

White House Staff