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Informal Powers

Date : October 4, 2012 Topic : The Informal Powers of the President. Aim : How does the President exercise informal powers? Do Now : What does it mean to balance the ticket?. Informal Powers. Those powers not explicitly written in the Constitution

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Informal Powers

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  1. Date: October 4, 2012Topic: The Informal Powers of the President.Aim: How does the President exercise informal powers?Do Now: What does it mean to balance the ticket?

  2. Informal Powers • Those powers not explicitly written in the Constitution • Similar to “necessary and proper” powers of Congress • In the modern era (since 1933), the President’s informal powers may be significantly more powerful than his formal powers

  3. Executive Orders • Orders issued by the President that carry the force of law • Clinton’s “Don’t ask don’t tell” gays in the military policy • FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans • GWB trying suspected terrorists in military tribunals Notice for Japanese “relocation,” 1942

  4. Executive Agreements • International agreements, usually related to trade, made by a president that has the force of a treaty; does NOT need Senate approval • Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana in 1803 • GWB announced cuts in the nuclear arsenal, but not in a treaty; usually trade agreements between • US and other nations

  5. Executive Privilege • Claim by a president that he has the right to decide that the national interest will be better served if certain information is withheld from the public, including the Courts and Congress • United States v. Nixon (1973) – presidents do NOT have unqualified executive privilege (Nixon Watergate tapes)

  6. Questions for Discussion • Why are informal powers more important than formal powers, particularly to modern presidents? • Identify several advantages and disadvantages of the use of the president’s informal powers. • Has the use and perhaps abuse of the informal powers created an “Imperial Presidency?” Defend your answer.

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