The Executive Branch
Powers of the President
• Where are the powers of the President
found?
• Article II Section 1 of the Constitution.
• What are the powers of the President?
Powers of the President
• Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the
United States
• Power to execute Federal Law
• Power to grant pardons for federal crimes except
in cases of impeachment
• Power to make treaties
• Power to appoint ambassadors and officials of
the executive branch
• Power to appoint judges to all courts
• Power to veto a bill
Powers of the President
• The president is the only constitutional
officer for which the whole nation votes for.
• He is the chief constitutional officer to
represent the entire nation abroad.
• He or She is entrusted with supervisory
and policy responsibilities.
• What does that mean?
Delegation of Powers
• What is the delegation of powers?
• How does this expand the powers of the
President?
Separation of Powers
• Congress makes the law
• The President enforces them
• The framers of the Constitution did not
want the President to be King
• The President shares the power with
Congress and can only exercise those
powers that we discussed previously
The Steele Seizure Case
• What is the Steele Seizure Case?
• Probably the Congress could have done
the same thing through its enumerated
powers in under the wars power and the
Necessary and Proper Clause.
Legislative Veto
• Where is the legislative veto found in the
Constitution?
• Article II section 7
• Of course the Congress can override a
veto by 2/3 vote of the house and senate.
• What is the Chadha Case?
• In this case the Supreme Court checked
the powers of Congress!
Appointment and Removal of
Presidential Appointees
• Where is the appointment clause found in
the Constitutional?
• Article II section 2
• What is the appointment Clause?
• What was the Morrison Case?
• The Removal Clause.
Foreign Affairs-Treaties and
Executive Agreements
• The Supremacy Clause?
• The President can enter into executive
agreements with other nations without the
approval of Congress
• What is an executive agreement?
• The agreement must conform with the
Constitution.
The War Powers Resolution
• What is the War Powers Resolution?
• Article I section 8 clause 11 gives congress the
power to declare war
• Nixon era in 1973
• Congress passed the resolution and allowed the
President to send troops to another country
without a declaration of war but the president
those troops have to be removed within 60 days
unless congress approves a stay or congress
declares war.
Presidential and
Congressional Immunities
• Who has immunity and under what
circumstances?
• Can you sue the president?
• Under what circumstances?
• What is the reasoning for absolute
immunity?
• Can the President be charged with a
crime?
• When?
Executive Privilege and the
Congress Speech and Debate
Clause
• What is Executive Privilege?
• What is the Congress Speech and Debate
Clause?
Impeachment and
Congressional Power of
Oversight and Investigation
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What is impeachment?
Who can get impeached?
What are the impeachable offenses?
How does the process work?
Impeachment and
Congressional Power of
Oversight and Investigation
• Congress has the power to oversee and
investigate.
• How does that the congress do this?
• can they investigate everything?
• It must be related to an in furtherance of a
legitimate task of Congress!
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