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Review. How long is a term? How many terms can the President receive? What power does the Vice President hold? MOST MISSED: What qualifications does the Vice President have? What are some of the ceremonial duties of the President?. Learning Goals.

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  1. Review • How long is a term? How many terms can the President receive? • What power does the Vice President hold? • MOST MISSED: What qualifications does the Vice President have? • What are some of the ceremonial duties of the President?

  2. Learning Goals • Understand the major powers the Constitution gives the President • Evaluate the validity of the President’s power to veto bills and pardon criminals.

  3. Commander in Chief • Commander of military forces • Plans war • Keeps in contact with military officers • Power to send U.S. troops into any part of the world where danger threatens

  4. Treaties • Written agreements with other countries • President has final responsibility • Must make sure treaty is carried out • Must have advice/consent of Senate • Example: New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia

  5. Appointment • Grants positions to various members of government • Cabinet Members • Ambassadors • Federal Judges • Who is our Secretary of State??

  6. Veto • Power to turn down proposed laws • President can veto laws passed in Congress • Congress can override the veto • Difficult to pass a bill after it has been vetoed • Most presidential vetoes: FDR (635!) • Example: Obama promised to veto a spending bill that would defund his health care plan

  7. Pardon and Reprieve • Pardon: forgives a person convicted of a crime and frees him or her from serving out the sentence • Reprieve: postpones the carrying out of a person’s sentence • Example? • Palin Pardons Turkey

  8. Inform/Convene Congress • Keeps Congress informed • State of the country • The economy • Proposes laws and programs

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