Informal presidential powers
CLEP American Government, Chapter 11 Informal presidential powers The Constitution creates a powerful office, but many presidential goals still depend on choices made by Congress, agencies, courts, states, parties, interest groups, and voters. Informal presidential power is the capacity to change those actors' attention, information, incentives, or expectations without issuing a legally binding command. It […]
Formal presidential powers
CLEP American Government, Chapter 11 Formal presidential powers The president's formal powers arise from the Constitution and from statutes enacted by Congress. Article II assigns the executive power, the duty to execute federal law faithfully, command of the armed forces, nomination and treaty roles, pardons for federal offenses, and several other responsibilities; Article I's Presentment […]
