- Identify and explain the organization of the Executive
- The executive consistes of the white house staff and other members that are employed by the executive branch. The cabinet for one is appointed by the president and are approved by congress. the chief of staff is the head of the white house staff and trusted most by the president and the office of managment and budget reviews the budget that is passed by to the president by congress.
- Identify and provide an example of the powers of the Executive, both formal and informal.
- The formal powers of the president consist of things such as being able to veto and act as the Commander in chief but some informal powers, which are powers not outlined in the constittion would include things such as the executive orders and make executive agreements with the foreign heads of states.
- Identify and explain how Executive shares powers with the Congress, Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
- The president can propose treaties with other counties but they can be put in place unless the congress approves of it. The president can nominates justices but they too need to be approved and he also has the power to parden people. The president can also veto any law that comes from legislation
- Discuss the implications of Executive sharing powers with each of the following: Congress, Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
- The executive has to share powers with congress so he wont do things like start wars with other countries or appoint anyone he wants into a government position. He can make laws himself but the judiciary can claim the law to be unconstitutional and stop it dead in its tracks. The bureaucracy makes the president follow what the people deem as important.
- Discuss the functions that Executive performs.
- The executive is leader of the county and acts as the commander in chief. He can create laws and policies and try and get them passed though congress and can appoint people to the justice position.
- Identify how the power of the Executive has/may evolve gradually.
- He has more power than the older presidents do since the executive has grown stronger over time. This is due to the fact that congress does not stop the expansion of power in a presidency and this sets a precedent for another president.
- Identify how the power of the Executive has/may changes dramatically as a result of crisis.
- When crisis occures then the whole county is in panic and more power would be given to the president because he could make decision faster then congress could because they would be argueing to much and this makes the president look good to the public and they want him to make more decisions and this will get congresses approval
- Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and political parties.
- The president is the head of his political party and when he wins an election then the seats in congress usually get filled with people from his political party and this allows them to become the majority and make it easier to pass laws and bills they see fit.
- Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and interest groups.
- Interest groups can help gain support for the executive by showing that he cares for his citizens and can help with the next election but they can also change the presidents political views because he has to listen to them is he want the support of that specific group of people.
- Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and state and local governments.
- The executive can help enforce the laws of state governments and can also deem them as unconstitutional and called for controversy over the situation