Unit 6 Vocabulary

scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled

• Electoral College

• Presidential Succession

• Executive Order

• Executive Privilege

group of persons chosen in each state and the DIstrict of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President

• Presidential Succession

• Executive Privilege

• Executive Order

•  Electoral College

directive, rule, or regulation issued by a chief executive or subordinates, based upon constitutional or statutory authority and having the force of law

•  Electoral College

• Executive Order

• Executive Privilege

• Reprieve

the President's power to refuse to disclose information

•  Commutation

•  Executive Agreement

• Reprieve

• Executive Privilege

a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state

• Amnesty

• Reprieve

•  Executive Agreement

• Commutation

an official postponement of the execution of a sentence

• Commutation

• Amnesty

• Reprieve

• Pardon

release from the punishment or legal consequences of a crime, by the President ( in a federal case) or governor (in a State case)

• Reprieve

• Pardon

• Commutation

• Amnesty

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• Executive Agreement

• Electoral College

• Presidential Succession

• State of the Union Address

the power to reduce the length of a sentence or fine for a crime

• Reprieve

• Amnesty

• Commutation

• Pardon

a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators

• Reprieve

• Amnesty

• Commutation

• Pardon