President

• Article 2 - lays out the role + powers of the president
• Presidential powers:

  • propose legislation
  • submit annual budget
  • sign legislation
  • act as Chief Executive to the Federal Bureaucracy
  • nominate chief -> president must nominate people to fulfil roles in federal government
  • commander in chief - head of all armed forces
  • negotiate treaties
  • power of pardon
• 2010- Obama passed Affordable Care Act - make health insurance affordable + available to more people
• Power of veto - Obama vetoed $612 billion National Defence Authorisation Act
• Power of pardon - Trump pardoned political advisor Roger Stone
• Electoral mandate - president that wins the election convincingly can often exercise more power than someone who scrapes a win
• Executive orders - directives to a department on how to carry out law
• Vice President + Cabinet - individuals in cabinet can lend President power if they’re popular
• National events - in times of crisis, Presidents often get popularity bump.
• Domestic politics - politics that deals with people, places, events and institutions within a nation’s own borders.
• Imperilled presidency - theory that states the President does not have enough power to be effective in the role.
• Imperial presidency - having greater powers than those clearly provided for in the US constitution