POL_S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Executive Privilege, Scooter Libby, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Head of state: executive powers and authority over the executive branch: appointments: over 8,000 positions, 1,200 require senate approval, recess appointments: appointing ambassadors or dept. heads while the senate is not in session. Unless confirmed, appointments only last until the end of the congressional term. Head of government: symbolic and political head. Vesting clause: clause of the constitution which makes the. President both head of state and head of government. Constitutional authority: powers given to the president by the constitution, outlines the role of president in the government. Statutory authority: powers given the president from laws enacted by congress that add to his/her constitutional authority. Declaring war (cid:1) (cid:1: the constitution gives this power to congress, but the. President is the commander-in-chief: only declared war five times in our history. War, wwi and wwii: war powers act of 1973. Limits presidential power by invoking the power of the purse. Enacted in response to the vietnam war (1956-1975) (cid:1)
