Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government and Politics #12

This week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking at those NOT found in the Constitution - implied or inherent powers. We’ll talk about how the President uses their power to negotiate executive agreements, recommend legislative initiatives, instate executive orders, impound funds, and claim executive privilege in order to get things done. Implied powers are kind of tough to tack down, as they aren’t really powers until they’re asserted, but once they are, most subsequent Presidents chose not to give them up. So we’ll try to cover those we’ve seen so far and talk a little bit about reactions to these sometimes controversial actions from the other branches of Congress.

Chapters:
Introduction: Informal Powers of the President 00:00
Informal powers of the President 0:50
Inherent power to use troops 1:20
War Powers Resolution 2:23
Executive agreements vs. treaties 2:42
CEO of the U.S. 3:31
Legislative Initiative 4:18
Executive orders 5:20
Impounding funds 6:02
Executive privilege 6:20
The importance of presidential precedent 6:56
Credits 7:21

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[KT-ltfy]

I'm a Japanese person who is interested in American politics. I have a small Ninja figurine on my desk that I punch when I watch these videos.

[FearMyPaintBrush]

studying for finals, oh BOY did the Kanye joke NOT age well 😂 tho he’s still got power I’ll give ‘em that

[mdc]

Every time I forget about the eagle, he comes out of absolutely NOWHERE with the *falconn puuunnch” and completely obliterates him 😂 I smirk every time.

[wugsessed]

Coming back here 5 years later (almost to the day) and hearing the comments about executive privilege... big oof

[blingblingfish]

Thank you so much Craig <3 I'm going an A-Level in American Politics and your Crash Course episodes have helped me so much

[WarriorGaming]

If I could join the Crash Course team... I TOTALLY would. I love this show to death!

[sarksdhar]

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[elizamarquette]

"According to Kanye, no one" 😂

[DannyMercer]

This is such an amazing resource, the detail in each series is fantastic! Like the minimum of first year University in the discipline aka excellent grounding for further reading. I hope you guys keep going for a long time and continue to swell the library of things!

[quimiorlando]

Very good episode, loved it, my favorite episode in this series so far.

[smeaglebaggins]

Hi Craig! Well done on this series. You've taught me so much... I've been thinking though, have you guys thought of doing any Crash Course videos for kids? My 7 year old son cant keep up with the pace but he shows a major interest in world history, astronomy and now, government and politics. Just an idea! :)

[sarablackburn]

Cannot recommend these videos enough for anyone doing A-level government and politics (in the UK)

[JBMuffinman]

I love this series! Craig, your right up there with John/Hank! I personally think that this course should be watched by EVERY US citizen, it's that good, unbiased, and informative.

[RalphdontGAF]

JFK was a mutant like us. The bullet was curved because Magneto tried to save him.

[ramt]

2:00 The guy pointing to the alien poster is giorgio tsukalos from ANCIENT ALIENS

[Jksikeswag]

I love your videos. They’re very helpful. Is there any chance you could start putting subtitles/captions so that those of us with hearing issues can fully appreciate them?

[afrikasmith]

Its refreshing to see someone else other than Jon Green.

[rehmsmeyer]

Hey, thank you for taking these videos more seriously. I'll start watching again.

[TuesdaysArt]

Why do you keep punching the eagle? What did it ever do to you?

[rustyyb]

@ 6:00 what keeps Congress from passing a law that requires the President to spend funds allocated by Congress as they were intended to be spent? Congress has passed laws requiring to President to act according as Congress intends. ie: War Powers Act, Presidential Archives Act, etc...