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U.S. vs. Nixon

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In 1973 the Supreme Court for the first time met the issue directly. A federal special prosecutor bought tape recordings of White House conversations between President Nixon and his advisers as part of his investigation of the Watergate scandal. In the case, the Supreme Court, by a vote of eight to zero, held that while there may be a sound basis for the claim of executive privilege, especially where sensitive military or diplomatic matters are involved, there is no "absolute unqualified Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances."

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War Powers Act

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Notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops; had to gain congress' approval to stay longer than 90 days; designed to curtail President's power.

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Line item veto

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Proposed by Ulysses S. Grant, gives presidents the power to disapprove of individual items within a spending bill.

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25th Amendment

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clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

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The power to convene Congress

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Symbolic significance. Makes sure that Congress convenes semi-regularly, which is not necessary to mandate anymore.

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Presidential Succession Order

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-president -vice president -speaker of the house -president pro tempore -cabinet members

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Cabinet

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Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments, the vice president, and a few other officials selected by the president.

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Patronage

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The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected.

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Impeachment

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a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official

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Office of Management and Budget

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An office that grew out of the Bureau of the Budget, created in 1921, consisting of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of skilled professionals. The Office of Management and Budget performs both managerial and budgetary functions.

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Line item veto

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Presidential power to strike, or remove, specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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22nd Amendment

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Limits the president to two terms.

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Executive Order

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Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law. EX: President Bush Executive order that limited federal funding of stem cell research. Executive order that allowed military tribunals to try any foreigners captured by US forces in Afghanistan or linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Executive order that eviscerated the Presidential Records Act

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The pardoning power

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An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged or convicted of a crime. Ford pardoned Nixon.

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Executive Privilege

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The authority of the president to withhold information from the courts and Congress.

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The power to make treaties

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Has to pass by a 2/3 majority in the Senate. Senate generally passes 70% of treaties submitted by the president. Treaty of Versailles = treaty that was not ratified.

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Inherent Powers

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Powers that belong to the national government simply because it's a sovereign state.

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New Deal

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The name given to the program of "Relief, recovery, reform" begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to bring the US out of the Great Depression

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Veto power

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Authority to reject any congressional legislation

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The appointment power

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Appoint people to the offices with the approval of the congress; he can make some appointments without approval. EX: sec. of state, national sec. adviser, white house counsel.

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The power to preside over the military as Commander in Chief

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Article II states that the pres. is the Commander in Chief

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Pardon

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A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment

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Executive Office of the President

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The cluster of presidential staff agencies that help the president carry out his responsibilities. Currently the office includes the Office of Management and Budget, the Council of Economic Advisers, and several other units.

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Executive Agreement

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An agreement between the president and another country that has the force of a treaty but does not require the Senate's "advice and consent"

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