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The Executive Branch (Presidential Requirements and Powers (at least 35…

- - - - imperial presidency- a presidency that is too powerful and is abusing powers beyond the powers those people are supposed to have
      - Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935)- powers of the U.S president has to remove certain executive officials
    - - White House Staff- Personnel who run the White House and advise the President. Includes the Chief of Staff and Press Secretary
        
        Honeymoon Period- Period at the beginning of a new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress, usually lasting about six months.
        
        State of the Union- annual speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, except in the first year of a new president's term
        
        Chief of Staff-
        the person who oversees the operations of all White House staff and controls access to the president
        
        Circular System- A method of organizing a president's staff in which several presidential assistants report directly to the president
        
        Pyramid system-
        a president's subordinates report to him through a clear chain of command headed by a chief of staff
        
        Executive Office of the President- consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President, Chief of Staff is the head
        
        Office of Management and Budget- the biggest executive office, administers the federal budget and oversees the performance of federal agencies
  - - - line-item veto act (1996) - federal law of the United States that granted the President the power to line-item veto budget bills passed by Congress, but its effect was brief as the act was soon ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Clinton v. City of New York
        
        Line item veto- power of most governors (and President Clinton for only a few years) to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a
        line by line basis.
        
        Clinton v. New York (1998)- ruled that the line-item veto as granted in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 violated the Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution because it impermissibly gave the President of the United States too much power
- - - - Impoundment- refusal of a President to spend money that has been appropriated by Congress
  - - - Executive Office of the President- consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President, Chief of Staff is the head
- - - - Twenty-fifth Amendment- allows for the Vice President to become president in the event of death, resignation, removal from office or impairment that prevents the current president from fulfilling his or her duties