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Executive Branch
Chapters 7, 8, 10
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Roles of Executive Branch
• Chief Executive: execute/enforce national laws– Veto– Executive order
• Commander in Chief• Chief of State
– Diplomacy• Agenda Setter
– State of the Union Address• Party Leader• Salary: $400,000• Retirement: $250,000
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Qualifications
• Official:– 35 years old– Live in US last 14 years– Naturalized citizens– Serve no more than 2 terms (10 years)
• Unofficial:– Christian/Protestant– Male– White– Former lawyers, military, businessmen
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Line of Succession
1. Vice President2. Speaker of the House3. President Pro Temp4. Secretary of State5. Secretary of Treasury6. Secretary of Defense
Alexander Haig—”I am in control here.”—Secretary of State
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Powers
• Appoint officials—heads of Cabinet departments, judges, ambassadors—must be approved by Senate
• Make treaties—Senate approval• Diplomatic Recognition• Run military—send troops to
battle– War Powers Act of 1973
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More powers
• Executive Privilege:– Watergate Scandal– 9/11 Commission
• Judicial powers:– Grant pardon– Grant reprieve– Grant commutation
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Executive Office
• Not approved by Senate:– First Lady– Chief of Staff:– Speech writers– Press secretary– Legal counsel– Various “advisors”—see Karl Rove
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Executive Office
• Cabinet—Italian for “cabinetto”– 15 departments– Heads are secretaries or attorney general– Cabinet enacts laws/executive orders– Also advise President in their fields
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Cabinet• Defense• State• Justice• Agriculture• Commerce• Education• Energy• Health & Human Services• Housing & Urban Development• Homeland Security• Interior• Labor• Transportation• Treasury• Veteran’s Affairs
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Bureaucracy of the Executive Office
• Bureaucracy:• Executive Agencies & Commissions:
– SSA --NASA– EEOC --CIA– EPA --FCC– FBI --ATF– OSHA --FEMA– SEC– FTC– CPSC– OSHA
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• Civil Servant:• Spoils System:– 1829: Andrew Jackson
• 1883: Pendleton Act– Merit System:• Civil Servants’ Exam
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Foreign Policy
• Foreign Policy• Goals of US foreign policy:– Maintain national security– Support spread of democracy– Promote world peace– Provide “aid” to others– Establish free trade—GLOBALIZATION
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Types of Foreign Policy
• Isolationism:– Antiwar policy– Defensive position– Monroe Doctrine:– Between WWI & WWII
• Neoisolationism– Very antiwar
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• Realism:– US interests protected by “internationalist” approach– Sometimes to help someone, you have to hurt
someone– Ally w/ questionable countries– Truman Doctrine—containment of USSR– 1980s: Iraq & Afghanistan– Now: Saudi Arabia & China
• Preemption—post 9/11—Bush policy
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• Idealism:– Use force if needed for good things for all– Very “internationalist”– Stop human rights violations