POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Office Of The United States Trade Representative, Executive Agreement, Signing Statement

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Michael Lynch

Document Summary

Head of government: authority over the executive branch. Implementation of laws ( faithful execution ) using judgment to translate legislative goals into programs, budgets, and regulations. Issue orders to gov"t agencies that make significant policy changes. Nominations and appointments to executive branch and judiciary. Like green lantern the president can accomplish anything that the president puts his mind to. The president is not a super hero, but rather a person operating in a complex separation-of- powers system. Partly due to increased size of the nation, budget, or bureaucracy. Presidents derive power from status as the head of state and head of government. President controls day to day military operations through the dept. of defense. Power to order troops into action without congressional approval. Only five declarations of war: the war of 1812, the mexican-american war (1846), the. War power act of 1973: forced presidents to gain congressional approval for large-scale military actions and lesser operations.