Executive branch

executive order

• specific grants of authority defined in the Constitution or in law

• specific grants of authority defined in the Constitution or in law

• A rule issued by the president that has the force of law

• the presidential position that states that the president is both the ceremonial and working head of the government

formal powers

• specific grants of authority defined in the Constitution or in law

• powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties

Informal Powers

• specific grants of authority defined in the Constitution or in law

• powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties

Chief of state

• The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.

• the presidential position that states that the president is both the ceremonial and working head of the government

• Term for the President as the main architect of foreign policy and spokesperson to other countries

• The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

Chief Executive

• Term for the President as the main architect of foreign policy and spokesperson to other countries

• The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

• the president delivers the State of the Union Address and proposes a budget to Congress in his/her role

• The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.

Chief Diplomat

• The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.

• the presidential position that states that the president is both the ceremonial and working head of the government

• Term for the President as the main architect of foreign policy and spokesperson to other countries

• The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

Commander in Chief

• The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

• the president delivers the State of the Union Address and proposes a budget to Congress in his/her role

• In this role, the president is the head of his political party

• the presidential position that states that the president is both the ceremonial and working head of the government

Chief Agenda Setter

• The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

• In this role, the president is the head of his political party

• the president delivers the State of the Union Address and proposes a budget to Congress in his/her role

• The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.

party leader

• the president delivers the State of the Union Address and proposes a budget to Congress in his/her role

• In this role, the president is the head of his political party

• Term for the President as the main architect of foreign policy and spokesperson to other countries

• the presidential position that states that the president is both the ceremonial and working head of the government

Checks by Congress

• Impeachment power, impeachment trial override presidential vetoes

• federal courts, bureaucracy, public opinion, congress

• judicial review, chief justice presides over presidential impeachment trial

• proposals to change a constitution, typically enacted by a supermajority of the legislature or through a statewide referendum