POL 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Executive Departments Of The Government Of Puerto Rico, Executive Privilege

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 232
• Professor: Alexander Moens

Document Summary

Pocket veto: a special veto exercised by the chief executive after a legislative body has adjourned. Bills not signed by the chief executive die after a specified period of. Expressed power: the power of the president that is expressly written into the constitution statutory law. Inherent power: the power of the president derived from the statements in the constitution that the executive power shall be vested in a president and that the president should take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Emergency power: an inherent power exercised by the president during a period of national crisis. Another inherent executive power that has been claimed by presidents concerns the right of the president and the president"s executive officials to withhold information from, or refuse to appear before, congress or the courts. This is called executive privilege, and it relies on the constitutional separation of powers for its basis.