Title: 
Headings: AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS THE PRESIDENCY AND THE BUREAUCRACY STUDY GUIDE Mr. Baysdell

Content: The
 
Constitution
 
does
 
not
 
put
 
strict
 
limits
 
on
 
the
 
power
 
of
 
the
 
Presidency—actually
 
it
 
grants
 
quite
 
a
 
bit
 
of
 
power
 
and
 
vaguely
 
implies
 
that
 
other
 
powers
 
exist. Powers
 
granted
 
by
 
the
 
Constitution
 
to
 
the
 
Presidency: Commissioning
 
Officers
 
in
 
the
 
Armed
 
forces
 


Receiving
 
Ambassadors
 


Granting
 
pardons
 
for
 
federal
 
offenses
 


Forming
 
new
 
cabinet-level
 
departments
 


Preparing
 
a
 
State
 
of
 
the
 
Union
 
message
 
(need
 
NOT
 
be
 
delivered
 
orally)
 


 
In
 
general,
 
Congress
 
is
 
most
 
willing
 
to
 
defer
 
to
 
the
 
President
 
in
 
the
 
area
 
of
 
foreign
 
policy. Most
 
scholars
 
believe
 
that
 
the
 
Congressional
 
efforts
 
to
 
restrain
 
the
 
Presidency
 
during
 
the
 
1970s
 
have
 
done
 
what
 
to
 
the
 
power
 
of
 
the
 
Presidency?????? Know
 
the
 
War
 
Powers
 
Resolution
 
in
 
and
 
out! All
 
details/provisions
 


 
Presidential
 
impeachment
 
process—know
 
the
 
procedure
 
for
 
removing
 
a
 
President. President
 
must
 
be
 
impeached
 
by
 
House,
 
then
 
House
 
Managers
 
serve
 
as
 
prosecutors
 
in
 
the
 
Senate,
 
which
 
conducts
 
a
 
trial
 
with
 
the
 
Chief
 
Justice
 
of
 
the
 
Supreme
 
Court
 
presiding. 2/3
 
vote
 
required
 
for
 
conviction. Recent
 
Presidents
 
have
 
found
 
their
 
relationship
 
with
 
their
 
Cabinet
 
to
 
be
 
weaker
 
than
 
they
 
planned,
 
since
 
Cabinet
 
officials
 
often
 
run
 
off
 
and
 
―join
 
the
 
natives,‖
 
since
 
they
 
want
 
increased
 
power
 
and
 
prestige
 
for
 
their
 
department. The
 
Cabinet
 
members
 
often
 
feel
 
that
 
they
 
are
 
less
 
effective
 
than
 
the
 
Presidential
 
staff.