Unit 6 Chapter 9, Section 1 Presidential Powers Mr. Young American Government
Essential Question What are the sources of (both formal and informal) and limits to the powers of the president?
Learning Objectives 1. Constitutional Powers of the President as described in the Constitution 2. Informal sources of Power that have lead to a increase in Presidential Powers 3. Limit on the Power by Congress, Federal Courts, Bureaucracy, and the People
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Created with Caution
Team Teach Question Why do you think that the founders created the office of President with Caution?
Answer: Did not want one person with too much power
Personal Characteristics
Independent Executive
Team Teach Question 1. The executive branch carries out or enforces the laws of which branch of government?
Answer: Congress Photo of the 38 th Congress
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Constitutional Powers
Commander in Chief
Team Teach Question 1. Why do you think that they gave the President the power of being Commander-in-chief? 2. Why do you think that the founders did not make it a requirement for the President to have military experience?
Answer: They wanted a civilian who would not always want war
Head of Executive Branch
Chief Executive
Judicial Powers of President
Legislative Powers
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Informal Sources of Power
Thomas Jefferson Louisiana Purchase
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Teddy Roosevelt
Lincoln in 1863 Lincoln in February 1865
Lincoln in April 1865 Civil War
Lincoln and Habeas Corpus Abuse-of-the-Presidential-Power Abuse-of-the-Presidential-Power First a definition: The Latin phrase habeas corpus means "you have the body." The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus refers to a common-law tradition that establishes a person's right to appear before a judge before being imprisoned. When a judge issues the writ, he commands a government official to bring a prisoner before the court so he can assess the legality of the prisoner's detention. When the privilege of the writ is suspended, the prisoner is denied the right to secure such a writ and therefore can be held without trial indefinitely. Habeas corpus is the only common-law tradition enshrined in the Constitution, which also explicitly defines when it can be overridden. Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution says, "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George W Bush
Team Teach Question How did each of these Presidents use informal sources of Power to expand the powers of the President?
Answer By doing things that had never really been done before.
Mandate of the People
Limitation by Congress
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Limitation by the Federal Courts
Limitation by Bureaucracy
Limitation by Public Opinion
Essential Question What are the sources of (both formal and informal) and limits to the powers of the president?