Constitutional Powers

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Constitutional Powers

• Commander-in-Chief
• Appoint Heads of Departments and Judges (w/Senate
  consent)
• Makes Treaties (w/Senate consent)

• Judicial Power (pardon/amnesty)
• Legislative Power (propose legislation/veto
  bills)

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Informal Powers

• Inherent Powers Powers that are needed to
  faithfully execute the laws of the U.S.

• President Jeffersons Purchase of the Louisiana
  Territory from the French in 1803.

Example
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Informal Powers

• Presidents Duty Do anything that the nation
  demands unless it is not allowed by the
  Constitution.

Example

• President T. Roosevelt threatened to use troops
  to mine for coal during the Coal Miners strike of
  1902

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Informal Powers

• Immediate Needs of the Nation Powers granted in
  times of trouble

• President Lincoln
• Suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
• Raised an army
• Blockaded southern ports

Example
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Informal Powers

• Immediate Needs of the Nation Powers granted in
  times of trouble

• President FDR created the Alphabet Soup
  programs of the New Deal. Expanding the role of
  government into economics

Example
SSA
CWA
TVA
FDIC
WPA
CCC
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Informal Powers

• Mandate of the People Strong popular support is
  the greatest source of power.

Example

• Presidents can use the media to gain support for
  programs and policies.

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Congressional Override
Public Opinion
Bureaucracy
Limitations on Power
Impeachment
Courts