Powers of the Executive

The order in which the office of President is to be filled if it becomes vacant

• Presidential Succession

• Presidential Appointments

• Commutation

• Triangulation

The power of the President to choose members of his or her cabinet, ambassadors to other nations, and other officials in his or her administration

• Presidential Appointments

• Presidential Succession

• Expressed Powers

• Executive Orders

Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution

• Implied Powers

• Expressed Powers

Powers directly stated in the Constitution

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

The power to reject a bill by not signing it if Congress is no longer actively in session

• Pocket Veto

• Implied Power

• Expressed Power

• Confirmation Bias

Formal directives issued by the President to conduct action by the federal government

• Executive Orders

• Presidential Succession

• Presidential Appointments

• Political Platform

A nation's overall plan for dealing with other countries

• Foreign Policy

• Domestic Policy

• Political Platform

• Confirmation Bias

Economic, military and diplomatic assistance given to other countries

• Foreign Aid

• Domestic Policy

• Commutation

• Triangulation

Elections held to determine the nominee from a particular political party

• Primary Elections

• General Elections

• Executive Orders

• Pocket Vetoes

Regularly scheduled elections in which the final candidates are selected for government office

• General Elections

• Primary Elections

• Executive Orders

• Domestic Policy