POSC 225 - Exam #2
Presidency in the Constitution - correct answer ✔-Long on generalities; short
on details
-No provision for executive departments or cabinet
Founders were reluctant to give one individual control of the military, so... -
correct answer ✔there is a check that only Congress can declare war
Mover advantage of the President - correct answer ✔Congress can only
accept or reject the president's actions (but... it rarely objects because POTUS
might veto later legislation)
War Powers Act - correct answer ✔(1973) Requires that the President inform
Congress within 48 hours of committing troops abroad; operation must end
within 60 days unless Congress approves extension
The Constitution gives POTUS modest role in legislative process - correct
answer ✔-May call Congress into special session
-veto power
-State of the Union
Unified government - correct answer ✔President's party controls House and
Senate (good chance of passing POTUS' legislative agenda)
Divided government - correct answer ✔-Congress/POTUS not the same
party
-Often, gridlock - nothing can happen
, -POTUS must rely more heavily on constitutional resources (executive orders,
veto)
Veto power - correct answer ✔-Most formidable tool in dealing with
Congress
-Allows POTUS to block congressional action but not substitute his own policy
preferences
(However, Congress must account for President's preferences when writing)
Line-item veto - correct answer ✔-Allowed POTUS to reject spending items
and tax breaks that affect less than 100 persons/entities
-Struck down as unconstitutional in 1998
Executive Order - correct answer ✔-Formation instructions from the Pres
-Has the force of law until Pres or a successor retracts it, Congress nullifies it,
or a federal court rules it unconstitutional
-Used to establish executive branch agency, modify bureaucratic
rules/actions, change decision-making procedures, give substance and force
to statutes
-Some are based on the "take care" clause
-Most are obscure (ex: Obama's EO directing federal agencies to use
behavioral economics)
-Some are not actually orders but actions/guidelines on enforcing existing law
(Obama - reduce gun violence)
Examples of historic executive orders - correct answer ✔-Truman:
desegregate military
-Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation
Presidency in the Constitution - correct answer ✔-Long on generalities; short
on details
-No provision for executive departments or cabinet
Founders were reluctant to give one individual control of the military, so... -
correct answer ✔there is a check that only Congress can declare war
Mover advantage of the President - correct answer ✔Congress can only
accept or reject the president's actions (but... it rarely objects because POTUS
might veto later legislation)
War Powers Act - correct answer ✔(1973) Requires that the President inform
Congress within 48 hours of committing troops abroad; operation must end
within 60 days unless Congress approves extension
The Constitution gives POTUS modest role in legislative process - correct
answer ✔-May call Congress into special session
-veto power
-State of the Union
Unified government - correct answer ✔President's party controls House and
Senate (good chance of passing POTUS' legislative agenda)
Divided government - correct answer ✔-Congress/POTUS not the same
party
-Often, gridlock - nothing can happen
, -POTUS must rely more heavily on constitutional resources (executive orders,
veto)
Veto power - correct answer ✔-Most formidable tool in dealing with
Congress
-Allows POTUS to block congressional action but not substitute his own policy
preferences
(However, Congress must account for President's preferences when writing)
Line-item veto - correct answer ✔-Allowed POTUS to reject spending items
and tax breaks that affect less than 100 persons/entities
-Struck down as unconstitutional in 1998
Executive Order - correct answer ✔-Formation instructions from the Pres
-Has the force of law until Pres or a successor retracts it, Congress nullifies it,
or a federal court rules it unconstitutional
-Used to establish executive branch agency, modify bureaucratic
rules/actions, change decision-making procedures, give substance and force
to statutes
-Some are based on the "take care" clause
-Most are obscure (ex: Obama's EO directing federal agencies to use
behavioral economics)
-Some are not actually orders but actions/guidelines on enforcing existing law
(Obama - reduce gun violence)
Examples of historic executive orders - correct answer ✔-Truman:
desegregate military
-Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation
