January 7, 2013Offices within the Executive Branch

Do Now:

Take out reading materials from Friday (handout packet)

Term Limits: 22nd Amendment 2 terms Can serve up to ten years if you

enter office mid-term

Precedent set by George Washington. Read Washington’s Farewell

Address (1796) and answer reading questions.

Case Study

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945) Served three terms, won four

elections.

Lyndon Johnson (1963) Vice president 1961 Allowed to run twice.

Gerald Ford (1974) Nixon’s term began in 1973,

took over for Spiro Dec. 6, 1973.

Allowed to run once.

Presidential Compensation

Set by Congress. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a

compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument (compensation) from the United States, or any of them.

Paraphrase the selection from Article II Section I about presidential compensation.

Speaking fees Writing memoirs Serving on corporate boards of directors

Changes to Presidential Compensation

If a pay raise were to affect Obama in his second term, by when would it have to be passed?

Inauguration Date: Monday, January 21, 2012

Presidential Succession

25th Amendment Read the text and paraphrase each section of the 25th

Amendment

Invoked six times since ratification: Gerald Ford as V.P (1973) when Spiro Agnew resigned from the

office of V.P. Gerald Ford as President (1974) Nelson Rockefeller as V.P. (1974) when Gerald Ford became

president George H.W. Bush (1985) to take over for Reagan after

assassination attempt Dick Cheney (2002, 2007) while George W. bush underwent a

colonoscopy.

January 4, 2013

Objective: SWBAT define presidential requirements, terms, compensation, and succession and analyze the Constitutional roots of each.3

DOL: Given a multiple choice/constructed response exit ticket, SW (80% accuracy) Identify the correct response Write a 2-3 sentence justification for each using

evidence from the Constitution

DOL: January 4, 2012

1) According to the term limits imposed by the Constitution

1) The president cannot be elected to the office of president more than twice

2) The president and vice president cannot serve more than two terms in office

3) The president and his cabinet cannot serve more than eight years in office

4) The president cannot be elected to more than four terms of office (Roosevelt)

5) There are no limits on the number of terms a president may serve by tradition, since George Washington’s refusal to serve a third term, president’s only serve two terms.

January 4, 2012

All of the following are constitutional requirements to become president except:1) Natural-born citizen2) 35 years old3) Resident for 14 years in Washington

D.C.4) A resident of the United States for 14

years

January 4, 2012

3) Write a detailed description to explain presidential compensation.▪ Which body of government sets the

president’s salary? ▪ When can a salary change take into effect?

January 7, 2013

Objective: SWBAT define the offices and roles of the executive branch.

DOL: Given a multiple choice quiz, SW (80% accuracy) Select the executive role that best fits the description. Write a 1-2 sentence justification for each.

Relevance: Barack Obama does not operate alone. Rather, there are more than 400 people who help with office work, and create policy decisions. Many of the current decisions that impact you as an American citizen (education policy, America’s decision to go to war, etc.) do not solely belong to Obama himself.

Important Members of the Executive Branch

President

Vice President

White House Office

Executive Office

Cabinet

Independent Agencies and Commissions

The Vice President

Roles: Preside over the senate▪ Vote in order to break a tie

Decide the question of presidential disability

Take over the presidency

12th Amendment: electors to vote for a president/vice president.

The White House Office President’s closest

assistants Chief of staff Press secretary

Appointed without Senate confirmation.

Rule of propinquity [0-5] Power belongs to those

who are in the room when a decision is made.

Organization

Pyramid Model

Circular Model

Chief of Staff

Press Secretary

Senior Advisor

Councilor to the

President

PresidentChief of

Staff

Senior Advisor

Deputy Chief of

Staff

Senior Advisor

Press Secretary

President

The West Wing

Identify the relationship between the White House Office Staff and the President throughout the clip.

Explain the roles of the White House Office using evidence from the clip.

Executive Office of the President

Report directly to the president

Appointees must be confirmed by the Senate National Security Council Office of Management and Budget National Economic Council

In your groups, highlight:1) The major roles of the executive office2) Describe one recent decision of the office that highlights

that role3) Your own evaluation: is this office crucial to the success

of the Executive branch? Should we alter its functions, Etc.?

Independent Agencies/Commissions

Independent of president’s control Serve for fixed terms and can be removed

only “for cause”

Function to keep the government and economy running smoothly. Federal Reserve Board Federal Communications Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Securities and Exchange Commission

Cabinet Exercise

Oldest traditional body of the executive branch – “inner cabinet” Secretary of state Secretary of the treasury Secretary of war Attorney general

Focus on department issues, compete for federal budget.

DOL: January 9, 2013