American Government › Section L · The presidency › Topic L.3
Organizing to govern
Winning the election is only the start. In about eleven weeks a president-elect must take over a vast government, choose thousands of officials and decide which promises to tackle first, and the choices made in those early months often shape the whole term.
In this topic
- The transition
- Building a cabinet
- Senate confirmation
- The changing rules of confirmation
- Worked example: two Supreme Court vacancies
- Recess appointments
- Worked example: NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014)
- The Executive Office and the White House staff
- The vice president's growing role
- Forging an agenda
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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