US Executive Branch

^What the title says^

 Executive Powers of the
President
• Vested upon the President of the United States.
• Powers over the military, navy and air force by
being the Commander-in-Chief.
• Make treaties and appointments to office.
• Appoints judges and executive heads
• Has power to grant pardons to convicted persons,
except in cases of impeachment.
 Responsibilities
• To make sure the faithful execution
of the laws made by Congress
• To execute whatever instructions he
is given by the Congress
• From time to time give to the
Congress Information of the State of
the Union, and recommend to their
Consideration such Measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient
 Vice President
• The primary responsibility of the Vice
President of the United States is to be
ready at a moment's notice to assume
the Presidency if the President is
unable to perform his duties.
• The Vice President also serves as the
President of the United States Senate,
where he or she casts the deciding
vote in the case of a tie
 The Cabinet
• Department of Agriculture • Department of Health and
• Department of Commerce Human Services
• Department of Defense • Department of Homeland
• Department of Education Security
• Department of Energy • Department of Housing and
• Department of Justice Urban Development
• Department of Labor • Department of the Interior
• Department of State
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans
Affairs
 Powers of Executive over
Legislative
• Veto a bill
• Requiring every bill passed by the
House and Senate, before becoming
law, to be presented to the
president, and, if he disapproves, to
be re-passed by two-thirds of the
Senate and House
 Power of Executive over
Judiciary
• The judges must be appointed by the
president with the advice and
consent of the Senate
 Power of Legislative over
Executive
• Terminate appointments by impeachment, and
restrict the president.
• Legislation to restrain executive officials to the
performance of their duties.
• Declare wars.
• Approve appointments to the Vice Presidency and
any treaty that involves foreign trade
• Government Accountability Office
 Power of Judiciary over
Executive
• Judicial review - power of a court to
review the constitutionality of a
statute or treaty, or to review an
administrative regulation for
consistency with either a statute, a
treaty, or the constitution itself.