POLS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Supremacy Clause, Pocket Veto, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
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Congress can pass a law president can veto it congress can override the veto but it takes of senate and of house of reps for it. Signing statements bill comes to president, sorta agrees with it, uses it in a different way than congress intended (possibly different) Pocket veto president has two weeks to sign a law, if he doesn"t in two weeks it"s a pocket veto. Executive orders president"s way of writing laws without involving. Vice president is the president of the us senate breaks the tie for senate. Congress can hold hearings into the actions and activities of the white house. Congress can reject presidential appointments and nominees. Congress can impeach and kick him out of office. President and courts president nominates a judge, congress approves or denies. President can pardon anyone convicted in federal court. President can do a reprieve partial pardon, it"s still on your record but no more punishment.
