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Why has presidential power grown? - ️️1- individual leadership 2- public expectations 3- congressional delegation of authority What act tried to limit the commander in chief clause? - ️️war powers act of 1973 largely unsuccessful pres must now notify congress 48 hours prior and get app...

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POLS 206 Exam 2 Fulton (tamu)
Why has presidential power grown? - ✔️✔️1- individual leadership
2- public expectations
3- congressional delegation of authority


What act tried to limit the commander in chief clause? - ✔️✔️war powers act of 1973
largely unsuccessful
pres must now notify congress 48 hours prior and get approval before sending troops
on a mission if it will last longer than 60 days


T/F the president can just make treaties - ✔️✔️false, must have 2/3 vote in senate

Informal/inherent powers of the president - ✔️✔️executive order
executive agreement
executive privilege
issue executive pardons

T/F

executive agreements are a contract between 2 or more nations, they're similar to a
treaty, but don't require 2/3's vote from senate - ✔️✔️true

President can withhold information that affects national security and official duties -
✔️✔️executive privilege

Amendment for states rights - ✔️✔️10th amendment

NAFTA, GATT are examples of - ✔️✔️executive agreements

What view of presidential power thinks the president should only be able to do what's
listed in the constitution - ✔️✔️Restrictive view of presidential power

View that the president is a supervisor of the people and should do anything not
prohibited by the constitution - ✔️✔️Stewardship Doctrine

View that pres must do what is necessary to protect the constitution - ✔️✔️prerogative
view

Prerogative president example - ✔️✔️Abe Lincoln, did many unconstitutional things to
protect the Union, the country and the constitution

, T/F

the vice president has different powers than the president - ✔️✔️false, lists no formal
executive powers or responsibilities

Contradictions of the president - ✔️✔️listen, but lead
be ordinary, but extraordinary
be nonpartisan, but also represent their party

How can a presidential veto be overridden? - ✔️✔️by 2/3's vote in the house and
senate


Set the president up for failure - ✔️✔️presidential paradoxes or contradictons


2 most ambiguous clauses - ✔️✔️1- take care clause
2- commander-in-chief clause

Uses the rally effect to expand powers (post disaster, country comes together)
pres can send troops w/o congress approval (not declaring war) - ✔️✔️commander in
chief clause

Take care clause means - ✔️✔️president "takes care" that laws are faithfully executed
authorizes bureaucracy to take action

T/F precedent expands presidential power - ✔️✔️true, once one can do it, they all can

Precedent set by George Washington - ✔️✔️executive order
executive privilege

Take care clause lead to the formation of what powers - ✔️✔️executive order
executive privilege
executive agreements

Unitary office means - ✔️✔️presidents are held accountable b/c there is just one of
them and they're supposed to be the top person

National constituency = - ✔️✔️before the great depression, govt was limited, then FDR
raised public expectation that govt was supposed to ensure prosperity

T/F congressional delegation of authority further limits the pres powers - ✔️✔️false, it
expands them further, giving pres new responsibilities

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