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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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