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Hail to the Chief

Hail to the Chief. The Power of the American Presidency. Jumpstart Assignment. Describe the following political cartoon. Describe What’s Happening in the Cartoon. Executive Branch: Inception. The Articles of Confederation: combined executive and legislative branches

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Hail to the Chief

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  1. Hail to the Chief The Power of the American Presidency

  2. Jumpstart Assignment Describe the following political cartoon. Describe What’s Happening in the Cartoon

  3. Executive Branch: Inception • The Articles of Confederation: combined executive and legislative branches • The Virginia Plan: proposed separate executive and legislative branches • Some feared a strong executive branch could lead to tyranny or monarchy • Checks on executive power Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson

  4. 100% male 97% Caucasian 97% Protestant 82% of British ancestry 77% college educated Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Presidents • 70% politicians • 63% lawyers • >50% from the top 3% wealth and social class • 0.5% born into poverty • 69% elected from large states http://www.presidentsusa.net

  5. Constitutional Qualifications • Must be at least 35 years old • Must have lived in the United States for 14 years • Must be a natural born citizen And that’s it!!!

  6. The President’s Term • Until 1951, the Constitution placed no limit on the number of terms a President might serve. • Presidents limited the number of terms served to two. This tradition was broken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 when he ran for and won a third term in office. He then went on to be elected to a fourth term in 1944. • The 22nd Amendment placed limits on presidential terms. A President now may not be elected more than twice or only once if they became President due to succession. Chapter 13, Section 1

  7. Presidential Term of Office • The two-term precedent • The 22nd Amendment President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms George Washington set the two-term precedent

  8. Presidential Benefits • $400,000 taxable salary • $50,000/year expense account • $100,000/year travel expenses • The White House • Secret Service protection • Camp David country estate • Air Force One personal airplane • Staff of 400-500 Christmas at the White House, 2004

  9. Presidential Roles

  10. Head of State • Chief Diplomat; Symbol of the US

  11. Head of State Queen Elizabeth and President Reagan, 1983 President Kennedy speaks at Berlin Wall, 1963

  12. Chief Executive • Administrator of the federal government Chinese Presidents Visit to the US

  13. Chief Executive President Clinton with Janet Reno, the first female Attorney General, February, 1993 President Bush holds cabinet meeting in October, 2005

  14. Commander in Chief • Civilian commander of the US Armed Forces

  15. Commander-in-Chief President Johnson decorates a soldier in Vietnam, October, 1966 President Bush aboard U.S.S. Lincoln, May, 2003

  16. Chief Legislator • National agenda setter; proposes bills for consideration in Congress

  17. Chief Legislator President Clinton delivers the State of the Union Address, 1997 President Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act, 1935

  18. Political Party Leader • Head of the party who assists in member’s elections or appointment to office Barack Obama delivers his Inaugural address in front millions in Washington and millions more on worldwide TV.

  19. Political Party Leader President Reagan & Vice-President Bush accepting their party’s nomination in 1980

  20. Crisis Manager • Lead country through disasters, both natural and man-made President Barack Obama wipes away a tear during his speech at the event "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" honoring the January 8, 2011 shooting victims

  21. Crisis Manager President Bush at Ground Zero after 9-11 Vice-President Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One after President Kennedy’s assassination, 1963

  22. Moral Persuader • The White House as a bully pulpit (From President T. Roosevelt, meaning a platform from which to persuasively advocate and agenda. Word “bully” means superior.”

  23. Moral Persuader President Roosevelt and the “Bully Pulpit,” 1910 President Lincoln during the Civil War, 1862

  24. Role of the Vice President

  25. Role of the Vice President ____ 1. The vice president is also the president of the Senate. _____2. The vice president is also head of the judicial branch and presides over the Supreme Court. ____ 3. The vice president and cabinet are part of the legislative branch. ____ 4. The vice president is first in the line of succession to the presidency. ____ 5. The Constitution notes only one official role for the vice president. ____ 6. The qualifications for the vice presidency are not the same as those for the presidency. ____ 7. The vice president administers the oath of office to the president.

  26. Presidential Disability • Sections 3 and 4 of the 25th Amendment provide procedures to follow when the President is disabled. • The Vice President is to become acting President if: (1) the President informs Congress, in writing, “that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” or (2) the VP and a majority of the members of the Cabinet inform Congress, in writing, that the President is thus incapacitated. Chapter 13, Section 2

  27. The 25th Amendment • Deals with instances in which the president dies or becomes disabled • Established an order of succession • Set rules for choosing a new vice-president Lyndon Johnson takes the presidential oath of office after the assassination of JFK

  28. Presidential Succession Act of 1947 • Provides an official line of succession should something happen to the President or Vice President. • Non-Natural-Born citizens are ineligible • Must have been confirmed by Senate • 14 VP’s have went on to become President. 5 of our last 11 Presidents were once VP.

  29. Vice President • Joe Biden-D

  30. Speaker of the House • John Boehner - R

  31. President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Patrick Leahy-D

  32. Secretary of State • John Kerry-D

  33. Secretary of the Treasury • Jacob Lew-Ind

  34. Presidential Powers of the United States

  35. Constitutional Powers • Powers/duties are very limited • “executive power” – enact/enforce law • Military Power • Diplomatic Power • Appointment Power • Veto Power

  36. Formal Powers of the President • Constitutional or enumerated powers of the presidency • Found primarily in Article II of the Constitution

  37. Formal Powers: Commander-in-Chief(National Security Powers) • Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy • Commander in Chief of the state militias (now the National Guard) • Commission all officers

  38. Formal Powers: Commander-in-Chief - Examples • Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief during Civil War • FDR during WWII • Eisenhower sends army to segregate HS in Little Rock, AR (1957) • George W. Bush deploys National Guard reservists in Iraq

  39. Formal Powers: Chief Executive(Administrative Powers) • “Faithfully execute” the laws • Require the opinion of heads of executive departments • Grant pardons for federal offenses except for cases of impeachment • Nominate judges of the Supreme Court and all other officers of the U.S. with consent of the Senate • Fill vacancies that may happen during recess of the Senate

  40. Formal Powers: Chief Executive - Examples • Washington created the first cabinet (1789) • President Ford pardoned Richard Nixon (1974) • President Reagan appoints first female Supreme Court Justice (1981)

  41. Formal Powers: Foreign Affairs(National Security Powers) • Appoint ambassadors, ministers and consuls • Make treaties subject to Senate confirmation • Receive ambassadors

  42. Formal Powers: Foreign Affairs - Examples • President Kennedy negotiates the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the USSR

  43. Formal Powers: Chief Legislator(Legislative Powers) • Give State of the Union address to Congress • Recommend “measures” (legislation) to the Congress • Upon “extraordinary occasions” convene both houses of Congress • Adjourn Congress if House and Senate can not agree on adjournment

  44. Formal Powers: Chief Legislator (cont.) • Presidential Veto • Veto Message within 10 days of passing the House of origin • Pocket Veto - President does not sign within 10 days • Congress can override with 2/3 majority from both Houses • Veto Politics • Congressional override is difficult (only 4%) • Threat of veto can cause Congress to make changes in legislation

  45. Formal Powers: Chief Legislator - Examples • George Washington gave the first State of the Union address • FDR and the New Deal • Obama and Stimulus Plan

  46. JUDICIAL POWERS • Grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment) • Nominate federal judges (including Supreme Court Justices), who are confirmed by the Senate

  47. Informal Powers • Those powers not explicitly written in the Constitution • Similar to “necessary and proper” powers of Congress • In the modern era (since 1933), the President’s informal powers may be significantly more powerful than his formal powers

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