1. The President
Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17

2. Executive and Diplomatic Powers
Part 7
Executive and Diplomatic Powers

3. Ordinance Power (Executive Power)
The power to issue executive orders
Rules, regulation or directive with the effect of law
This power comes from the constitution and acts of Congress

4. Appointment Power (Executive Power)
With the senates approval the President chooses many of the top ranking federal offices in the government
Ambassadors and diplomats
Cabinet members and top aids
Heads of some agencies
EPA, NASA
All federal judges, US Marshals and US attorneys
All officers in the Armed Forces

5. Conformation Process

6. Removal Power (Executive power)
Opposite side of the Appointment power
How to remove a Presidential Appointee is not specifically discussed in the Constitution
It was decided that the President can remove any appointee at his discretion
NOT FEDERAL JUDGES
Johnson impeached

7. The Power to make Treaties (Diplomatic Power)
Treaty: a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
Senate approve all treaties with a 2/3 vote
Only approves doesn’t ratify
They can be rejected
1920: Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI and created the League of Nations
Treaties have the same legal standing as acts of Congress

8. Executive Agreements (Diplomatic power)
A pact between the President and the head of a foreign state
Does not require Senate approval
US and Brittan at the beginning of WWII

9. The Power of Recognition (Diplomatic Power)
When the President receives a diplomatic representative from another Sovereign State
Acknowledges the legal existence of that state and government
Doesn’t have to be our friend
Shows the US’s pleasure or displeasure
Persona non grata
Recall of a nations ambassadors