Presidency notes

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Presidency notes
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Qualifications

• natural born citizen
• 35 years old
• have lived in U.S. at least 14 years

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Presidents main job, according to the
Constitution

• enforce the law

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Even though the Presidents main job is to
enforce the law, the President also has
legislative (law-related) powers

• The President can...
• recommend legislation
• veto legislation
• propose the federal budget

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Roles of the President

1. chief of state ceremonial head
2. chief executive carries out policies and
   programs passed by Congress
3. chief administrator head of federal bureaucracy

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More presidential roles

• 4. chief diplomat architect of foreign policy
• 5. commander-in-chief- commits troops for
  peacekeeping or for hostile action
• 6. chief legislator architect of public policy
• 7. party chief

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Last of the presidential roles

• 8. chief citizen represents the public interest
• 9. recognition power receives ambassadors
• 10. War Powers Resolution limited Presidents
  power

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Term of office

• 4 years, eligible for reelection
• can serve as long as 10 years if VP serves less
  than ½ of Presidents term, then is eligible for
  two more full terms

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Major presidential appointments

• federal judges
• ambassadors
• cabinet heads

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Presidents salary

• 400,000 a yr. with 50,000 expense account
• cannot be increased or decreased during term (to
  keep Congress from punishing a President they
  dont like)

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When are presidential elections held?

• first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
  every four years

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John Tyler

• first Vice President to assume the office of
  President upon the death of a President 1841
• Tyler replaced William Henry Harrison who died of
  pneumonia less than a month into his term

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Constitution assigns only two formal duties to
the Vice President

1. preside over the Senate
2. help decide the question of presidential
   disability

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Amendments concerning the Presidency

• 12th President and V. President elected on same
  ballot
• 20th inauguration day moved to Jan. 20
• 22nd limited terms
• 25th Presidential disability

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George Bush is our 43rd President, but

• only 42 have been elected why?
• Gerald Ford wasnt elected.

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The only two Presidents to relinquish their
duties to their Vice President have been

• Ronald Reagan

• George Bush

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The only two Presidents impeached were

• Andrew Johnson

• Bill Clinton

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Electoral college what kind of SAT/ACT scores
do you have to have to go there?

• Framers didnt want a president elected by
  popular vote why not?
• fear of the masses
• they werent sure common people had enough
  opportunity to be informed

• So our votes dont actually elect the President.
  We select electors who in turn elect the
  President.

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More on the electoral college

• Each state has as many electors as it has
  representatives and senators in Congress. Texas
  has 34.
• State legislators determine how electors are
  chosen.

• The party that wins the majority of popular votes
  in each state gets all that states electoral
  votes (winner take all).

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Presidential succession

• Vice President
• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore of the Senate
• Cabinet officials in the order their office was
  created

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Miscellaneous notes

• executive order rule/regulation issued by
  President that has the force of law
• check on Presidents appointive power Senate
  approval