Hail to the Chief

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Hail to the Chief
POTUS
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U.S. Constitution Article II The President of
the United States of America
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I Want to be President!

• 35 Yrs-old
• U.S. Born
• 14 year resident

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PAY ME PLEASE!

• 400,000 (effective 2001)
• 50,000 expense account
• 19,000 entertainment account
• Free Housing and transportation
• FORMER PRESIDENTS ACT (1958) 199,700 pension
  150,000 for staff (cut after 2.5 years to
  96,000)
• 20,000 former widowed first ladies

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The Big 5 Constitutional Powers of
POTUS(Article II Sec 2 3)
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Power Commander-in-Chief

• Chief of all armed services
• Determines war strategy
• Use military at home if needed

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War Powers Resolution 1973

• Vetoed by Nixon then overridden!
• Constitutional??
• Obama in Libya? Syria?

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Power Chief Diplomat

• Makes U.S. Foreign Policy
• Represents U.S. abroad
• Makes treaties

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Power Chief Legislator

• Suggest Bills to become laws (state of the union)
• Sign Bills into law
• Veto Bills/Pocket Veto (all or
  nothing)

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Power Chief of State

• Formally greets World leaders
• Performs ceremonial duties

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Power Chief Executive

• Ensures laws are enforced
• Appoints government officials
• Supervises executive branch

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Executive Orders

• Executive Orders are orders to staffers of the
  executive branch and not to citizens
• Obama and Executive Orders 13492 13493
• Most recently Gun Control
• Immigration?

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The Vice Presidency

• to preside over the Senate
• to help decide the question of presidential
  disability
• President in waiting
• Only person Pres. Cannot fire

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The Presidential Amendments

• 12th
• 20th
• 22nd
• 25th

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State of the Union

• He shall from time to time give to Congress
  information of the State of the Union and
  recommend to their Consideration such measures as
  he shall judge necessary and expedient
  
• --Article II
  Section 3

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State of the Union

• Not necessarily in person
• Pre-Wilson Post-Wilson
• Dates have changed throughout history
• FDR coined the phrase SOTU prior it was The
  Presidents Annual Message to Congress
• Coolidge Radio Truman TV Clinton Internet
• Designated Survivor

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Sergeant at Arms "Mr. or Madam Speaker,
The President of the
United States!
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Notable State of the Union Moments

• Monroe Doctrine Announced
• Polk kicked off the Gold Rush
• One year of Watergate is enough!

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Notable State of the Union Moments

• I did not hear George Washington say that
• Axis of Evil
• Not True (Liar!)

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Pardons (amnesty)

• Note when a person is convicted of a felony,
  they lose their civil liberties -- the right to
  vote, serve on a jury, own a firearm. Living
  without certain rights is referred to as
• civil disability.
• Not to mention JOBS!

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Pardons (Amnesty or Clemency)

• Executive order vacating a convictioninteresting
  to note NO CHECK on this! (except
  impeachments)
• Commutations To commute a sentence - Lessening
  the sentence, conviction still stands
• Reprieves (respite) Delays

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The Most Famous Pardon?
Dr. Mudd, Richard Nixon, Marc Rich, Scooter
Libby, Lyle Prouse, Ronald Lee Fisher)
2015 Honest Abe
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IMPEACHMENT

• Power of the legislative body to remove a public
  official from office
• Encompasses an accusation and a trial
• 16 Full Impeachment trials in American history
  (mostly judges)
• 2/3 senate vote to convict

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Secret Service
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Secret Service - 1865

• Secret Service Protection began in 1901 after
  McKinley
• President, VP and families.
• Those in line for succession
• Major Presidential
  Candidates
• Visiting foreign dignitaries
• Other individuals as
  designated per Executive
  Order of the President

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Secret ServiceLesser known responsibilities

• crimes that involve financial institution fraud
• computer and telecommunications fraud
• false identification documents
• electronic funds transfers and money laundering

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PROTECT ME PLEASE!

• Secret Service Protection for life!
• Began in 1965
• Reinstated 2013
• Nixon only president to relinquish

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Dead Presidents!

• and other stories of close calls.

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43 Men Have Been President

• 8 have died in office
• 4 were shot and killed
• 4 others died of natural causes
• 20 KNOWN credible assassination attempts
• Mostly insane individuals (duh ? )
• Politically motivated attacks are unlikely

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Andrew Jackson
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SOME of the credible attempts

• Lincoln 2 prior attempts
• Bull Moose Candidate TR
• Pres. Elect Hoover on a RR in Argentina
• Pres. Elect FDR in Chicago
• Truman Letter Bombs and Puerto Ricans
• Nixon airliner
• Ford 2 attempts by women
• Reagan John Hinckley Jr.
• Clinton 2 attempts Small Plane and a bridge in
  the Philippines

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Presidential Succession Act 1947

• Order of presidential succession in case of
  emergency
• In order the office was created by Congress

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Prez for a day! Polk leavesZ. Taylor comes in
but not on a Sunday!
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Presidential Succession

• In case of the removal of the President from
  office or of his death or resignation, the Vice
  President shall become President.
• 25th Amendment Section I
• (1967)

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The 25th Amendment (Gerald Fords favorite
Constitutional Amendment)

• Gerald Ford becomes VP (25th Amendment Section
  II)
• Ford becomes Prez (25th Amendment Section I)
• Ford chooses Rockefeller (25th Amendment Section
  II)

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Presidential Disability

• President informs Congress that he is unable to
  discharge the powers and duties of his office
  (25th Sec III)
• H.W.Bush and Cheney served briefly as Prez

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Presidential Disability

• Amendment 25 Section IV
• Oohhhhthis one is awesome!!
• VP Majority of principal officers
• 2/3 Congress if contested

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The Presidents Cabinet

• The Vice-President along with the heads of 15
  Executive Departments
• Advises the President on issues
• Appointed by Prez and Senate Approved
• 157,000 - 197,000

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Cabinet Departments

• Sec. of State
• Sec. of Defense
• Attorney General
• Homeland Security
• Sec. of Treasury
• Sec. of Education
• Sec. of Labor
• Sec. of Commerce

• Sec. of Agriculture
• Sec. of Interior
• Health Human Services
• Housing Urban Development
• Sec. of Energy
• Sec. of Veterans Affairs
• Transportation

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Who are Obamas KEY Advisors? What do they do?

• Chief of Staff
• Sec. of State
• Sec. of Treasury
• Sec. of Defense
• Attorney General
• Homeland Security
• CIA Director
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
• National Security Advisor

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Denis McDonough
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Secretary of State John Kerry
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Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew
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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch
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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
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CIA Director John Brennan
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph
Dunford USMC
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National Security Advisor
Susan Rice
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National Security Council

• Presidents forum for considering National
  Security and Foreign Policy (Truman)
• VP
• National Security Advisor
• Sec. of State, Treasury, Defense
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
• CIA director
• Chief of Staff and Attorney General have open
  invites

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Most consider these individuals the presidents
top advisors