My glorious wall by Jakell Garland https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y Made with panache en-us 2019-03-14 14:42:23 UTC 2019-03-22 14:43:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Electoral College-a body of people representing the states of the US who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. History-provided the Constitutional Convention with a compromise between the popular election of the President and congressional selection. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341358255 2019-03-14 14:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341358255 Elector-a person who has the right to vote in an election. History-One qualified to vote in a election. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341370328 2019-03-14 15:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341370328 Presidential Succession Act-a federal statute establishing the presidential line of succession. History On July 18 1947 President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act. The original act of 1792 had placed the Senate president pro tempore and Speaker of the House in the line of succession, but in 1886 Congress had removed them jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341376323 2019-03-14 15:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341376323 25 Amendment-replacing the president or vice president in the event of death. History-proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341380058 2019-03-14 15:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341380058 Executive order-a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law. History-executive orders have been one way that the power of the president and the executive branch of government has expanded. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341382685 2019-03-14 15:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341382685 Executive privilege-the privilege claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government of withholding information in the public interest. History-Nixon attempted to use it to protect himself and other advisors during the Watergate investigation. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341385087 2019-03-14 15:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341385087 Pardon-the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense. jakgar3951 https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341782831 History-a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.]]> 2019-03-15 14:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jakgar3951/eserp0x69d1y/wish/341782831