Presidential Powers
Powers and Roles of the President of the United States
Commander-In-Chief
- Inspecting a Navy yard
- Deciding, in wartime, whether to bomb foreign cities
- Calling out troops to stop a riot.
Below is a video titled, "Integration of Central School" that demonstrates the Commander-In-Chief role of the President.
Chief Diplomat
- Traveling to London to meet with British leaders
- Entertaining Japanese diplomats in the White House
- Writing a message or a letter to the leaders of the Soviet Union
Chief of State
- Awarding medals to the winners of college scholarships
- Congratulating astronauts on their journey into space
- Greeting visitors to the White House
- Making a patriotic speech on the Fourth of July
Commander-In-Chief demonstrated
Chief Legislator
- Can voice his/her own ideas and opinions to Congress while they draft legislation.
- Can give speeches, promoting his/her agenda and by meeting with Congress to discuss policy.
- Can recall Congress into a special session
- He may veto the bills passed by Congress, and use his influence on his colleagues in Congress to get a bill passed or proposed.
Chief of Citizens
- President works for the public interest.
- Represent his people
- Speak for the public
- Put the nation's best interests above his own.
Commander-In-Chief
Chief Diplomat
Chief of State
Chief Legislator
Chief of Citizens
Citations
2. (Commander-In-Chief) http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syria-crisis-reveals-uneasy-relationship-between-obama-nations-military-leaders/2013/09/18/752bb828-1ca5-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief
3. (Chief Diplomat) http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/01/14/obama-pope-francis-john-kerry-vatican-visit/4474033/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/us/politics/president-obama-inauguration.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
4. (Chief of State) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/26/president-obama-award-medal-honor
5. (Chief Legislator) http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/legislator-chief_696233.html
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/legislator-chief_696233.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/392887/obamas-unprecedented-amnesty-mark-krikorian
6. (Chief of Citizens) http://presidentialpowers.weebly.com/chief-citizen.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-obama_n_2042403.html