1. 13.3 Presidential Power Most powerful national leader in the world Now
Presidential Power has grown

2. Power under the “C” Commander in chief of the armed forces
Civilian with military control & decisions
Power to grand reprieves & pardons
Power to grant amnesty

3. Greatest Formal Power Article II Section 3
“take care that the laws be faithfully executed”
President has flexibility to enforce the law

4. Advisors Cabinet Department Heads Sec. of State Sec. of Treasury
Sec. of Education
Sec. of Defense
President appoints and the Senate confirms

5. Ambassadors
President appoints and the senate confirms

6. Veto Power “I forbid” Refuse to sign a bill into law
Use mainly when a law was unconstitutional
Some used because they “did not like”

7. Executive Order
Rule issued by the president that has the force of the law

8. Platform To use the office of the President to create change
Presidential style : how the president speaks to the public

9. By the end of WWII Presidential Power had increased
Does the President have too much power?
He is still limited by the “C”

10. Project 1. George Washington 2. Andrew Jackson 3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Theodore Roosevelt
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt