executive power
Chief's governmental control
Executive power is the authority to enforce laws and administer government, as distinguished from legislative power (making laws) and judicial power (interpreting them).
In the United States, executive power is vested in the president: The Constitution grants executive power to carry out the laws Congress passes.
The term often appears in debates about presidential authority and its limits.
- presidencyChief executive's office
- presidential authorityChief executive's legal powers
- head of stateNation's chief representative
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- war powersExecutive military control rights
governance · emergency powers · prerogative · executive orders · executive action · executive privilege · pardon · political influence · impeachment · commander-in-chief · decree · leadership · bully pulpit · constitutional · international diplomacy · martial law · administration · branch
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive orders, cabinet secretary, executive order
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
- political sciencepolitical science, political theory, political behavior, political economy, political institutions
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
executive powerlegislative power
Capacity to create laws
judicial power · judicial review · legislative authority · court jurisdiction · judicial authority
executive powerseparation of powers
Constitutional distribution of authority
checks and balances · popular sovereignty · legislative oversight · decentralized power · federalism
executive powerlimited government
Officially bounded political authority
rule of law · civil liberties · due process · accountability · oversight