Identify and explain the organization of the Executive

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises four agencies that advise the
president in key policy areas: the White House Office, the National Security Council,
the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of Management and Budget. The
president's cabinet is made selected by the president and must be improved by the
senate. It includes the president's personal lawyer, press secretary, appointments
secretary, and other support personnel. The most important position in this group is
the chief of staff, who is responsible for seeing that the president's legislative goals
are carried out by working with Congress on the legislative agenda.
Identify and provide an example of the powers of the Executive, both
formal and informal.
The formal powers of the president include: Veto power, command armed forces,
pardoning power, appointment powers, make treaties, and convene Congress. For
example, Congress sent the alaskan pipeline bill up to President Obama in order to
be improved. The President vetoed the bill and thus the law could not be passed,
unless congress overrode his veto. The informal powers of the president include: the
power to go public, power of persuasion, make executive agreements, issue
executive orders, issue signing statements, create & use bureaucracy, personality
and leadership, and make legislative proposals. For example. President Obama
loved executive orders. He passed (or tried to pass) an executive order which would
document million of undocumented citizens into the united states. This caused a lot
of controversy.

Identify and explain how Executive shares powers with the Congress,
Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
The concept of sharing powers between branches goes along with checks and
balances. The president can help and stop congress from creating legislature, by
suggesting and vetoing laws and bills. The judiciary branch always has a watchful
eye on the President as the laws are passed. Bureaucracies work alongside the
president to influence the legislature is to their advantage.
Discuss the implications of Executive sharing powers with each of the
following: Congress, Judiciary, and bureaucracy.
All branches are related to the other because each has a check over the other.
Congress makes laws that judiciary and bureaucracies must approve of and
influence, but must also make the president look good. The bureaucracies have an
interworking complex system that have a hand of influence over the congress and
the president: they help pass laws and create ideas however it is all done in the
name of the bureaucracies.

Discuss the functions that Executive performs.

The vice president holds a seat in the senate as the presider and breaks any ties
that happen. The president is advised by his cabinet members, and at the same
time works with agencies to enforce the laws that were created and passed. The
president himself is the commander in chief, head of state and representative for
the country as a whole.
Identify how the power of the Executive has/may evolve gradually.
The executive branch must pick up where the previous people who held office left
off, and whether that means continuing their legislature or scrapping it for new ones
is dependant on political parties and public wishes. The presidents powers have
increased but indirectly, as he uses his cabinet members, federal agencies, and
other areas of influence.
Identify how the power of the Executive has/may changes dramatically as
a result of crisis.
The president can call off constitutional rights in matters of national security in an
act of martial law. Also, the president can increase his powers in order to create
programs that could possibly benefit the population, such as the New Deal.
Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and political parties.
The executive branch, specifically the president, is the representative of everything
their political party stands for. He is the party leader. However, at the same time, if
the rest of the government is primarily the opposite party, then the president must
be able to cooperate and make compromises that will have a benefit for everyone.
Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and interest groups.
Interests groups are tied with the executive branch because the executive wants to
get stuff done that the people want to see. Without interest groups, the executive
wouldn't know what the people wanted.Some interest groups get presidential
support and they are much more likely to pass laws or bills with the president's
support. The interest groups can write to the president, and there can be a mutual
connection between the item of interest and the president.

Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and media
The media acts as political watchdog and as a gate because it decides what is going
to be seen and heard by the public. If the president wants to send a message out to
the public, the media records it and broadcasts it on TV. Social media also plays a

role in the executive branch. President Obama has a twitter account and uses it to
inform the public what he's been up to, and to gain favors from future voters in their
reelection.
Identify and discuss the ties between the Executive and state and local
governments.
The executive government and state/local governments are tied together by their
push and pull of power. For example, in Colorado, the state governments say that
it's ok and legal to smoke marijuana in Colorado, but the Executive thinks that that
should not be allowed and can arrest someone from Colorado for smoking weed.
This is because Executive power trumps state/local governments. State/local
governments might also shed on light on an issue that the executive may have to
address. For example. the Flint water crisis. The water in Flint, Michigan was so bad
and the state/local government didn't have the money to fix it, that the
responsibility for the town fell to the Executive.