executive

Examples of executive in the following topics:

• Expanding Federal Power

  • A major part of Roosevelt's legacy is his conception of the executive branch as a source of regulatory powers for the "good" of the nation.
  • In his own words, Roosevelt claimed: "I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
  • Some of Roosevelt's most noteworthy legislative achievements, such as the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Hepburn Act, the Elkins Act, and his conservation laws embody this concept of the executive branch as an expansive source of regulatory powers for the "good" of the nation.
  • To that end, by concentrating power in the executive and broadening the scope of federal regulatory power, Roosevelt was arguably attempting to create a modernized, Progressive United States that functioned seamlessly and in the better interests of the nation as a whole, rather than for local political authorities and wealthy interests.
  • Describe the means by which Roosevelt broadened the scope of executive power

• The Branches of Government

  • The United States Constitution set out three separate branches of government: the legislature, executive branch, and judiciary.
  • The Constitution empowers the President to ensure the faithful execution of the laws Congress makes.
  • Courts check both the executive and legislative branch through judicial review.
  • US courts have the power to rule legislative enactments or executive acts invalid on constitutional grounds.
  • Any state or federal court has the power to refuse to enforce any statute or executive order it deems as not aligned with the Constitution.

• The Division and Separation of Power

  • The Separation of Powers is defined as the division of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
  • Montesquieu was one of the foremost supporters of separating the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.
  • Executive power is vested, with exceptions and qualifications, in the President of the United States.
  • The Constitution empowers the president to ensure the faithful execution of the laws made by Congress.
  • Courts check both the executive branch and the legislative branch through judicial review.

• The Year of Blood

  • At the missionary village of Gnadenhütten, these men executed 100 Christian Delawares, including many women and children, with hammer blows to the head.
  • The Native Americans executed these captives in retaliation for the Gnadenhütten massacre.
  • Crawford's execution was particularly brutal: he was tortured for at least two hours before being burned at the stake.
  • This execution was widely publicized in the United States, worsening the already-strained relationship between Native Americans and European Americans.

• The Virginia and New Jersey Plans

  • The resolutions proposed, for example, three new federal branches (legislative, executive and judicial).
  • In addition to dealing with legislative representation, the Virginia Plan called for a national government of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
  • The executive would be chosen by the legislative branch.
  • Congress would elect a federal executive, consisting of multiple people, who cannot be re-elected and can be recalled by Congress when requested by the majority of executives of the states.
  • The federal executive is authorized to use force to compel non-compliant states to observe the law.

• Progressive Government: City and State

  • Under the council-manager system, the council would pass laws, while the manager would ensure their execution.
  • Under the commission system, the executive would be composed of people who each controlled one area of government.
  • The commission was essentially a multi-member, rather than single-member, executive.

• The Promotion of Global Human Rights

  • For one thing, human rights driven foreign policy did not originate in the Executive branch but was instead enforced upon it by Congress, starting in the 1970s.
  • As "part of a growing assertiveness by Congress about many aspects of Foreign Policy," Human Rights concerns became a battleground between the Legislative and the Executive branches in the formulation of foreign policy.
  • The Executive (from Nixon to Reagan) argued that the Cold War required placing regional security in favor of U.S. interests over any behavioral concerns of national allies.
  • Contrast the differing stances of the Executive and Congressional branch on the promotion of human rights in foreign policy in the 1970s.

• The Salem Witch Trials

  • The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women and all but one by hanging.
  • Twelve other women had previously been executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century.
  • Women made up the vast majority of suspects and those who were executed.
  • Relying on their belief in witchcraft to help make sense of their changing world, Puritan authorities executed nineteen people and caused the deaths of several others before the trials were over.
  • While Margaret managed to escape execution, George was convicted and hanged along with 19 others during the course of the Salem witch trials.

• Emancipation

  • In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers.

• Civilizing the City

  • The commission was essentially a multi-member, rather than single-member, executive.
  • Under the council-manager system, the council would pass laws while the manager would ensure their execution.
  • Under the commission system, the executive would be composed of people who each controlled one area of government.