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- 6. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
- 7. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
- 8. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 9. The Cabinet's role is to advise the President on any subject he or she may require relating to the duties of each member's respective office.
- 10. the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
- 11. a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
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- 1. If the President of the United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his/her office, or is removed from office, he/she will be replaced in the following order: Vice President.
- 2. The State of the Union Address is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current condition of the nation.
- 3. In representative democracies, a mandate (or seat) is the authority granted by a constituency to act as its representative.
- 4. A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.
- 5. Other than to succeed to the presidency upon the death or resignation of a president, a vice president's only constitutional duty is to preside over the Senate.