HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Military Intelligence, Misdemeanor, Law
23 Jan 2018
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Sign the bill & has veto to reject: rewrite if rejected, 2/3rd supportive in both house & senate congress can override the pres. (checks & balances) Impeachment: house of rep can charge pres w/ high crime & misdemeanor, case goes to senate jury, decides on whether pres is innocent/guilty. If 2/3 deems guilty: removed from office, 2 pres have been impeached but acquitted, andrew johnson & bill clinton, richard nixon, wrote 1 pg letter of resignation b4 he could be removed, no one been removed through impeachment. The executive branch: pres, vp, 15 cabinet-lvl departments (state department, dept. of defense, etc. , signing bills to laws, laws are enforced by the departments, pres cannot introduce bills but influence members of his party to, executive orders. The judicial branch: 3rd branch, supreme court, the pwr of judicial review, strike down a law, act of congress or executive order, e. g.
