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Article II
Unit IV
Section 1
The President and the Vice President
Section 1. President and Vice President
1. Term of office The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four years, and together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Section 1. President and Vice President
1. Term of office
(Simplified) 1. The President enforces the laws passed by Congress.the President and Vice President serve four year terms.
2. Election: Electoral College Established– 435 + 100 + 3 = 538 Magical Number is 270
3. Former Method of Election: 12th Amendment
4. Date of Elections
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
4. Date of Elections
(Simplified)
1. Congress selects the date when the presidential electors are chosen and when they vote for President and Vice President. All electors must vote on the same day.
5. Qualifications
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five years, and fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
6. Vacanies
In the Case of Removal of the President from Office or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of said Office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what Office shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
6. Vacanies
(Simplified)
If the President dies, resigns, is removed by impeachment, or is unable to carry out his duties of the office, the Vice President becomes President. If both the President and Vice President are unable to serve Congress has the power to declare by law who acts as President.
Amendment 25
7. Salary
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other Emolument from the United States,or any of them.
7. Salary
(Simplified)
Originally, the President’s salary was $25,000 per year. The President’s current salary is $400,000 plus a $50,000 taxable expense account per year. The President also receives $120,000 nontaxable allowance for travel and entertainment, and living accommodations in two residences- the White House and Camp David.
8. Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Article VI*Administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court
Section 2
Powers of the President
Powers of the President
1. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
This clause makes the President, a civilian, the head of the armed forces.
2. Treaties and Appointments
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and shall be established by Law. But the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
2. Treaties and Appointments
(Simplified)
The President is the chief architect of foreign policy. All treaties, Federal Court justices, and Cabinet nominees require the approval of two-thirds of the senators present.
3. Vacancies in office Senate not in session
Section 3
Duties of the President
Duties of the President
Under this provision the President delivers annual State-of-the-Union messages and may call Congress into special session to consider particular problems. The President receives foreign diplomats and has the power of deciding whether or not to recognize foreign governments.
Section 4
Impeachment
The President, Vice-President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
President’s Andrew Johnson and William Clinton were Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Both were also tried by the U.S. Senate. Clinton was found “not guilty.”
Richard Nixon resigned before the Impeachment began.
The President’s Roles
Unit IV
The President’s Roles
Chief of State Chief Executive Chief Administrator Chief Diplomat Commander in
Chief
Chief Legislator Party Chief Chief Citizen Economic Leader Judicial Leader
Are the roles of a Republican or Democratic President the
same?
Chief of State
Ceremonial head of governmentSymbol of the nationReigns and rulesWhich nations do we currently not
“recognize?”Does this change from presidency to
presidency?
Chief Executive
Execute the tasks of Congress and the nation
Get it doneJob approval
Chief Administrator
Heads an administration that employs more than 2.7 million civilians and spends more than $2 trillion a year.
Numerous federal agencies and commissions
Chief Diplomat
Main architect of American foreign policy
Nation’s spokesperson to the worldSecretary of State
Commander in Chief
Civilian leading the nation’s armed forces
1.4+ million men and women in uniform and the nation’s entire military arsenal
Secretary of Defense
Chief Legislator
Architect of public policy and public policy matters
Sets Congressional agendaInitiates, suggests, requests, insists,
and sometimes demands legislationState of the UnionCheck and balance of Congress
Chief of Party
Acknowledged leader of the political party
Leads party and its membersIf president is successful, ride the
coattails.If the president is not perceived as
successful, run the opposite direction or ignore him/her
Chief Citizen
Representative of all the people (Chief of State)
Represent the public interest rather than private / interest groups
Moral compass of nationVotes and follows the rules
Economic Leader
Monitor and make adjustments to help the nation’s economic
Philosophical differences between political parties?
Secretary of Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Energy, etc.
Judicial Leader
Set the judicial enforcements of the laws of Congress
Appointments of federal court judges up to the Supreme Court
Attorney General
Article II
Unit IV