Article II

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Article II

• Unit IV

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Section 1

• The President and the Vice President

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• Section 1. President and Vice President
• 1. Term of office The executive Power shall
  be vested in a President of the United States of
  America. He shall hold his Office during the
  Term of four years, and together with the
  Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be
  elected, as follows

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• Section 1. President and Vice President
• 1. Term of office
• (Simplified) 1. The President enforces the laws
  passed by Congress.the President and Vice
  President serve four year terms.

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• 2. Election Electoral College Established
• 435 100 3 538 Magical Number is 270
• 3. Former Method of Election 12th Amendment

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• 4. Date of Elections
• The Congress may determine the Time of chusing
  the Electors, and the Day on which they shall
  give their Votes which Day shall be the same
  throughout the United States.

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• 4. Date of Elections
• (Simplified)
• 1. Congress selects the date when the
  presidential electors are chosen and when they
  vote for President and Vice President. All
  electors must vote on the same day.

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• 5. Qualifications
• No person except a natural born Citizen, or a
  Citizen of the United States, at the time of the
  adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible
  to the Office of President neither shall any
  Person be eligible to that Office who shall not
  have attained to the Age of thirty-five years,
  and fourteen Years a Resident within the United
  States.

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• 6. Vacanies
• In the Case of Removal of the President from
  Office or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability
  to discharge the Powers and Duties of said
  Office, the same shall devolve on the
  Vice-President, and the Congress may by Law
  provide for the Case of Removal, Death,
  Resignation or Inability, both of the President
  and Vice-President, declaring what Office shall
  then act as President, and such Officer shall act
  accordingly, until the disability be removed, or
  a President shall be elected.

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• 6. Vacanies
• (Simplified)
• If the President dies, resigns, is removed by
  impeachment, or is unable to carry out his duties
  of the office, the Vice President becomes
  President. If both the President and Vice
  President are unable to serve Congress has the
  power to declare by law who acts as President.
• Amendment 25

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• 7. Salary
• The President shall, at stated Times, receive for
  his Services a Compensation, which shall neither
  be encreased nor diminished during the Period for
  which he shall have been elected, and he shall
  not receive within that period any other
  Emolument from the United States,or any of them.

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• 7. Salary
• (Simplified)
• Originally, the Presidents salary was 25,000
  per year. The Presidents current salary is
  400,000 plus a 50,000 taxable expense account
  per year. The President also receives 120,000
  nontaxable allowance for travel and
  entertainment, and living accommodations in two
  residences- the White House and Camp David.

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• 8. Oath of Office
• I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
  faithfully execute the Office of President of the
  United States, and will to the best of my
  Ability, preserve, protect and defend the
  Constitution of the United States.
• Article VI
• Administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
  Court

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Section 2

• Powers of the President

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• Powers of the President
• 1. The President shall be Commander in Chief of
  the Army and Navy of the United States, and of
  the Militia of the several States, when called
  into the actual Service of the United States he
  may require the Opinion, in writing, of the
  principal Officer in each of the executive
  Departments, upon any subject relating to the
  Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall
  have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for
  Offences against the United States, except in
  Cases of Impeachment.
• This clause makes the President, a civilian, the
  head of the armed forces.

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• 2. Treaties and Appointments
• He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and
  Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided
  two-thirds of the Senators present concur and he
  shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and
  Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors,
  other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the
  Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the
  United States, whose Appointments are not herein
  otherwise provided for, and shall be established
  by Law. But the Congress may by Law vest the
  Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they
  think proper, in the President alone, in the
  Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

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• 2. Treaties and Appointments
• (Simplified)
• The President is the chief architect of foreign
  policy. All treaties, Federal Court justices,
  and Cabinet nominees require the approval of
  two-thirds of the senators present.
• 3. Vacancies in office Senate not in session

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Section 3

• Duties of the President

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• Duties of the President
• Under this provision the President delivers
  annual State-of-the-Union messages and may call
  Congress into special session to consider
  particular problems. The President receives
  foreign diplomats and has the power of deciding
  whether or not to recognize foreign governments.

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Section 4

• Impeachment

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• The President, Vice-President and all civil
  Officers of the United States, shall be removed
  from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction
  of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and
  Misdemeanors.

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• Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Clinton
  were Impeached by the U.S. House of
  Representatives.
• Both were also tried by the U.S. Senate.
  Clinton was found not guilty.
• Richard Nixon resigned before the Impeachment
  began.

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The Presidents Roles

• Unit IV

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The Presidents Roles

• Chief of State
• Chief Executive
• Chief Administrator
• Chief Diplomat
• Commander in Chief

• Chief Legislator
• Party Chief
• Chief Citizen
• Economic Leader
• Judicial Leader

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Are the roles of a Republican or Democratic
President the same?
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Chief of State

• Ceremonial head of government
• Symbol of the nation
• Reigns and rules
• Which nations do we currently not recognize?
• Does this change from presidency to presidency?

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Chief Executive

• Execute the tasks of Congress and the nation
• Get it done
• Job approval

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Chief Administrator

• Heads an administration that employs more than
  2.7 million civilians and spends more than 2
  trillion a year.
• Numerous federal agencies and commissions

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Chief Diplomat

• Main architect of American foreign policy
• Nations spokesperson to the world
• Secretary of State

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Commander in Chief

• Civilian leading the nations armed forces
• 1.4 million men and women in uniform and the
  nations entire military arsenal
• Secretary of Defense

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Chief Legislator

• Architect of public policy and public policy
  matters
• Sets Congressional agenda
• Initiates, suggests, requests, insists, and
  sometimes demands legislation
• State of the Union
• Check and balance of Congress

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Chief of Party

• Acknowledged leader of the political party
• Leads party and its members
• If president is successful, ride the coattails.
• If the president is not perceived as successful,
  run the opposite direction or ignore him/her

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Chief Citizen

• Representative of all the people (Chief of State)
• Represent the public interest rather than private
  / interest groups
• Moral compass of nation
• Votes and follows the rules

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Economic Leader

• Monitor and make adjustments to help the nations
  economic
• Philosophical differences between political
  parties?
• Secretary of Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture,
  Interior, Labor, Energy, etc.

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Judicial Leader

• Set the judicial enforcements of the laws of
  Congress
• Appointments of federal court judges up to the
  Supreme Court
• Attorney General

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Article II

• Unit IV