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PRESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE

PRESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE. Constitutional Requirements Age 35 Citizenship Natural Born Citizen Residency Live in U.S. 14 years. Amendment 20 (1933) “Lame Duck:” Inauguration on January 20 th , not March 4 th . Amendment 22 (1951)

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PRESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE

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  1. PRESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE Constitutional Requirements • Age • 35 • Citizenship • Natural Born Citizen • Residency • Live in U.S. 14 years

  2. Amendment 20 (1933) • “Lame Duck:” Inauguration on January 20th, not March 4th. • Amendment 22 (1951) • No one can be elected president more than twice. • Cannot serve longer than 10 years.

  3. Presidential Succession Act, 1947 • The Vice President • Speaker of the House • President pro tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Attorney General • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of Health and Human Services • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development • Secretary of Transportation • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Education • Secretary of Veterans Affairs • Secretary of Homeland Security Cabinet positions are ordered based on when the department was created.

  4. Amendment 25 (1967) • President can fill vacancy in VP. • Approval of House and Senate • President can appoint VP as acting president.

  5. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

  6. Amendment 25 (1967) • President can fill vacancy in VP. • Approval of House and Senate • President can appoint VP as acting president. • VP becomes acting President: • OK of VP and majority of Cabinet

  7. Powers of the Presidency Legislative Powers • State of the Union • Impact legislative agenda • Veto • Force Congress to Convene if out of session

  8. Powers of the Presidency Judicial Powers • Reprieve (Postponement of a sentence) • Usually given for the death penalty • Pardon(Forgive a crime) • Presidents grant hundreds of pardons every term • Commutation(Reduce a sentence) • Amnesty(Pardoning a whole group) • Carter pardoned all Vietnam war draft dodgers • Nominate federal judges (Senate approval)

  9. Foreign Policy Powers • Commander-in-Chief • Appoint Ambassadors • Make Treaties

  10. The leadership roles of the presidency • Chief of State = The ceremonial head of the nation. • Chief of Government/Executive = Has the power to execute/enforce the laws • Chief Diplomat = Establishes U.S. foreign policy • Commander in Chief = Head of the military • Chief(?) Legislator = Shapes public policy • Chief of Party = Head of the political party that controls the White House

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