POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pocket Veto, Michelle Obama, Nancy Reagan

• School: KSU
• Department: Political Science and International Affairs
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: johnson

Document Summary

Vp, speaker, president pro tempore, cabinet secretaries (in order of date of of ce creation) 22nd (term limits) and 25th amendments (tyler precedent) Until 1960, all were protestant; jfk was catholic. Until 2008, all were white; obama was black. Ability to raise money, ability to get party support, ability to speak well, be seen as a good leader, etc. Good diversity of prior experience, job background and partisanship. Not until relatively recently was this a big media event. Woodrow wilson and the treaty of versailles. Threat of a veto as an unof cial veto. Powers as head of the bureaucracy and military. All of these are instructions to governmental agencies on how to execute the law. George w. bush and the war on terror. President has to inform congress within 48 hours of using military force. Troops cannot be there for more than 60 days without some form of authorization from congress. The public as a check on war.