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B. Emergency powers: In time of war or emergency, the President assumes great powers.
Examples: suspension of habeas corpus, censorship of mails, control of manufacturing, control of communication and transportation, declaration of martial law, Patriot Act, analysis of citizens' telephone records by the NSA.

C. Use of executive agreements rather than treaties.

1. The former does not require Senate ratification as does the latter. The former are "deals" between the President and the head of another nation (e.g., the destroyers-for-bases deal between FDR and Churchill in 1940).
2. Since WWII, the number of executive agreements has vastly outnumbered the number of treaties. Between 1980-1991, there were > 4100 of the former, and less than 200 of the latter.
3. What is particularly galling to Congress is that treaties are often on relatively trivial issues (e.g., archaeological artifacts in Mexico), but executive agreements are often on matters of great importance (e.g., military commitments to various nations).

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expressed powers

powers directly stated in the constitution

enumerated powers

another name for expressed powers

necessary and proper clause

article 1, section 8-gives congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its duties

what is another name for the necessary and proper clause?

elastic clause

implied powers

powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers

elastic clause

aka the necessary and proper clause

impeachment

the formal accusation of misconduct in office

revenue bill

a law for raising money (bill that is taxed--taxed bill)

appropriation bill

a proposed law to authorize spending money

authorization bill

a bill that established a program and says how much can be spent on the program

securities

bonds or notes

national debt

the total amount the government owes at any given time

what is the US national debt today?

19,800,000,000,000-- 19.8 trillion

bankruptcy

if someone owes more money than they own, then they are bankrupt

interstate commerce

trade among the states

naturalization

the process by which immigrants becomes citizens

copyright

the exclusive right to publish and sell a literary, musical, or artistic work for a specified period of time

patent

the exclusive right of an inventor to manufacture, use, and sell his or her invention for a specific period, currently 20 years

20th amendment

VP-elect becomes President if President dies before taking office

25 amendment

congress confirms VP if president or VP dies in office

confirmation

the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed

ratification

the process of approving something

writ of habeus corpus

to bring the body to court- a court order to release a person accused of a crime to court to determine whether he or she has been legally detained

bill of attainder

convictions w/o trial (congress used to be able to do this, but they now cannot)

ex post facto law

after the fact (congress cannot pass these laws) (can't be charged with a crime if it wasn't a crime when you did it)

subpoena

a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents

perjury

lying under oath

contempt

willful obstruction of justice

immunity

freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts

legislative oversight

power of the legislative branch to review the policies, programs, and activities of the executive branch on an ongoing basis

legislative veto

a provision that congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and cancel actions of executive agencies

line-item veto

the power of an executive to reject one or more items in a bill without vetoing the entire bill

divided government

when one party controls the white house and the other controls the house and senate

national budget

the yearly financial plan for the federal government

impoundment

the president's refusal to spend money congress has voted to fund a program

what was the most important civil rights supreme court case besides brown v. the board of education?

heart of atlanta model v. united states

heart of atlanta model v. united states

ruled that congress has the expressed right to make laws with interstate commerce powers and that this law applies to ALL hotels and motels

war powers act

states that the president must notify congress within 48 hours of any commitment of troops abroad and must withdraw them in 60 to 90 days unless congress explicitly approves the action (allows congress to limit the president's use of military forces)

congress' taxing and spending powers

"to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United States"

congress' foreign policy powers

-declare war- congress ONLY
-maintain army and navy- congress shares w/ president
-regulate foreign trade- congress ONLY
-confirm diplomatic appointment- senate and president share
-ratify treaties- senate and president share

how has the congress' spending power and the commerce clause helped african americans and other minorities obtain equal rights to white males?

heart of atlanta model v. united states-- commerce clause authorizes congress to regulate foreign and interstate commerce

powers denied to congress

-habeas corpus
-ex post facto laws
-bills of attainder

congress' investigative powers

congress can investigate a president at any time they want/need

congress' oversight powers

...

president nixon and watergate

democrats were having a convention at the watergate hotel and there rooms were broken into, entered, and listening devices were placed (3 felonies); president nixon was republican president at the time and lied when asked if he was involved with this; when congress asked nixon for the tapes he said no; finally nixon gave them the tapes but he deleted parts of them

president clinton and monica lewinsky

bill clinton had an affair with monica lewinsy with he was president; monica was was hired by clinton to work for him

president bush and the war in iraq (WMDs)

twin towers got brought down on 9-11; congress accused bush for being responsible for this happening b/c they beleived he wanted a reason to go into the middle east militarily, but there was no evidence

president reagan and the iran-contra affair

congress passed law saying US can't sell weapons to Iran; reagan sold weapons to iran and lied about doing so

senator mccartney and the committee on un-american activities

"red scare" during his time everyone was turning communist; congress investigated a congress committe which mccarthy was the head of? because they thought they were communist

senator kennedy and the connection between the labor unions and organize crime

same thing happened with the italins living in NY and NJ as communisms (they believed the italians had ties that they were involved with the mafia)

tali-hook scandal

this is a convention of US naval offices; happened in Las Vegas; the junior female naval officers accused the higher ranking male officers of putting drugs in their drugs and raping them; women were apparently smoking and drinking

how the system of checks and balances leades to conflicts between the president (executive branch) and congress (legislative branch)

legislative oversight?

what is the difference between and authorization bill and an appropiatons bill?

authorization bill- bill that establishes a program and says how much can spent on the program
appropiations bill- a proposed law to authorize spending money

what powers of congress are listed in the constitution?

the expressed powers

what are the legislative powers of congress?

the taxing and spending power, the commerce power, foreign policy powers, and other legislative and money powers

what are the nonlegislative powers of congress?

the removal power, the confirmation power, the ratification power, and the amendment power

what is the legislative veto and why was it declared unconstitutional?

a provision that congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and cancel actions of executive agencies; it violate the separation of powers and was declared unconstitutional

how does congress exercise its power to investigate government agencies?

...

how does congress oversee the executive branch?

...

what is divided government and how might it create partisan gridlock?

divided gov is when 1 party controls the white house and the other party control the house and senate. it might create a partisan gridlock b/c divided gov can lead to politics driven mainly by party loyalty.

what factors cause conflict between congress and the president?

checks and balances built into our system of seperation of powers and if the president and congress have different political timetables, conflicts may occur.

what events and legislation have shifted the balance of power between congress and the president?

emergency and balancing budget powers and legislative and line-item vetoes.

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