POLI 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: The Coca-Cola Company, Enumerated Powers, Scooter Libby
22 May 2018
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I. The Presidency
a. The Presidet’s Role
i. The presidet’s ostitutioal poers—executive, legislative, and judicial
powers
1. Discussed in article 2
2. Powers: more vague than powers given to Congress. Congress was given
enumerated powers, but presidential powers are often more vague. Can
be broken up into three different types
a. Executive powers: meat of the presidency
i. President is the administrator in chief. (chief
administrator): CEO of a company. Very similar.
President is at the top of the chain and large structure.
President oversees the structure that makes the
decisions and carries out the laws. Example: CEO of
Coca Cola company. CEO of Coca Cola does not go to
the factories and say tell them what to do everyday.
ii. Commander in Chief: Head of the US military. President
signs off on any promotions and awards. However,
president does not make every day military decisions.
iii. Chief Foreign Policy Officer: all of the activities related
to foregin policy. Interestingly, president does make
some of the day to day decisions. Still has helpers, but
president is more hands on in this area.
1. One area: treaties. Senate has to ratify the
treaties. President negotiates them. Woodrow
Wilson post WW1 is a good example.
2. Another: executive agreements. More common
than treaties. Deals between leaders of nations.
Difference between treaty and exceuctive
agreement: execuvitve agreements do not have
to be ratified by senate. One example: armed
forces coalition that was fighting in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Congress CAN refuse to fund it
though.
3. ambassadors
b. Legislative powers
i. Veto Power. President can refuse to sign the bill. How
often do Presidents veto? Depends on president and
depends on context.
1. Bush, Clinton or Obama: not a lot of vetoing.
Sometimes presidents will threaten to veto
rather than actually use it. Need two thirds vote
in each house to override a veto. One of the
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Document Summary
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