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• Equivalent of an indictment
• HOR may impeach a president for treason, bribery or other crimes

Scandal over the break in at the Democratic Nat'l Committee headquarters and the coverup by Richard Nixon and his administration

Limits presidents to 2 terms in office

• Allows the VP to be acting president if the VP and cabinet deem the president disabled
• Outlines how a replaced president can reclaim job

• Presidential advisers not included in the Constitution but still used by every president
• Today there are 15 members (14 secretaries and the attorney general)

• coordinates president's foreign and military advisers
• President, VP, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and managed by nat'l security assistant

3 members appointed by the president who advise them on economic policy

• Some political appointees and hundreds of skilled pros
• Prepare the president's budget
• Modified from Bureau of the Budget to make it more managerial

• President can send a bill back to Congress
• 2/3 can override a veto

• when Congress submits a bill within 10 days of an adjournment
• President lets it die by neither signing or vetoing it

• voters cast their ballot for members of the president's party
• Less common now

• Presidents have to consult with Congress before committing troops if possible and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress grants an extension
• Ineffective

• Ability of Congress to override the president
• Could be unconstitutional but Supreme Court hasn't said anything on the issue

• Sudden, unpredictable and dangerous event
• President must take on role as crisis manager