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Requirements
Roles Removal
The Constitution requires that the president must be:
thirty-five years old
fourteen years a U.S. resident
a natural-born citizen
Term of Office Four year term
beginning on January 20th after the election at noon.
The Twenty-Second Amendment now limits presidents to two four-year terms or a total of ten years in office.
Chief of State The President is chief
of state. This means he is the ceremonial head of the government of the United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation.
Chief Executive The Constitution
vests the President with the executive power of the United States, making him or her the nation’s chief executive.
Chief Administrator The President is the
chief administrator, or director, of the United States government.
Chief Diplomat As the nation’s chief
diplomat, the President is the main architect of American foreign policy and chief spokesperson to the rest of the world.
Commander in Chief The Constitution
makes the President the commander in chief, giving him or her complete control of the nation’s armed forces.
Chief Legislator The President is the
chief legislator, the main architect of the nation’s public policies.
Chief of Party The President acts
as the chief of party, the acknowledged leader of the political party that controls the executive branch.
Chief Citizen The President is
expected to be “the representative of all the people.”
The House conducts the investigation and drafts Articles of Impeachment for “treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors.”
The Senate tries the case with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding.
If two-thirds of the Senate votes for the Articles, the president is removed from office.
Only two presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Neither were removed from office.
$400,000.00 annual salary, $50,000.00 expense account
White House and staff Presidential yacht, Air Force
One, limos and helicopters Camp David Paid travel expenses Dental, optical and health
care provided Secret Service for life $199,700.00 (2012) annual
retirement pension Being the most influential
person on earthEquivalent to a multimillion
dollar annual salary.
