executive powers
Leader's official capacities
Executive powers are the constitutional authorities granted to the head of government—a president, prime minister, or governor—to enforce laws and administer the state.
These typically include commanding the military, conducting foreign policy, appointing officials, and issuing executive orders.
The Constitution vests executive powers in the President.
Debates over executive powers often concern their limits: whether a leader has overstepped into territory reserved for legislatures or courts.
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- commander in chiefHighest military leader
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
administration · diplomacy · bully pulpit · strategic planning · performance evaluation · national security · state of emergency · stakeholder engagement · policymaking · oversight committees · resource allocation · governance · crisis management · legal mandates · regulation · martial law · CEO · public service
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, ministry
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
- Weimar powerspresidential decrees, emergency decrees, rule by decree, Hindenburg, Ebert
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- local officialsmayor, city mayor, alderman, council member, councilman
executive powerslegislative powers
Capacity to enact statutes
judicial review · legislative authority · court jurisdiction · legislative oversight · judicial discretion
executive powersseparation of powers
Constitutional distribution of authority
checks and balances · decentralized power · popular sovereignty · federalism · states' rights
executive powerschecks and balances
Constitutional power-limiting framework
limited government · civil liberties · individual rights · congressional oversight · separation of powers
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