CHAPTER 13 THE PRESIDENCY

-Sec 1 The presidents job description - sec. 2 presidential Succesion and the vice presidency

Name the presidents roles

Chief of state, chief executive, chief administrative, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator, chief of party, chief citizen

chief of state

the ceremonial head of the government of the U.S. They are a symbol of all the people of the nation

“The personal embodiment and representative of their dignity and majesty”- was said by ?

Pres. William Howard Taft

In many countries chief dose reign but not

rule

But unlike many countries the president of the U.S ……..

reigns and rules

chief executive

vested by the constitution with the executive power of the U.S. That power is immensely broad in both domestic and foreign affairs

often the American presidency is described as………

most powerful office in the world

though the pres. is not all powerful, they live in an environment filled with……..

constitutional checks and balances, in which are practical limits on what they can do

Chief administrative

director of huge executive branch of the federal gov. They head the largest governmental machines, the world has known

Today the pres. directs an administration that employs some ……

2.8 civilians and spends 3.8 trillion a year, managing a large part of the executive branch

“flattering, hissing and hocking peel to gut then to do what they were supposed to do anyway- complained by ________ during chief administrative.

Harry Truman

Chief diplomat

the main architect of American foreign policy and nations chief sportsman to the rest of the world

“everything the pres. says and dose is dosely followed both here and abroad “ I make foreign policy” -said by who"?

Pres. Truman and did

The president role in foreign affairs, the constitution also makes the Commander in Chief

of the nations armed forces. The 1.4 million soldiers ( in uniform) and all nations military might are subject to the pres. direct and immediate control

The constitution dose give Congress some significant powers in »»»..

foreign affairs and over the military

The president has long since become ________

dominate in both fields

Chief legislator

the principle author of its public polices

Chief legislator is often pres. set the overall shape of ______

congressional agenda- imitating, suggesting, requesting, insisting and demanding it dose

Sometime pres and congress clash and pres. dose not always get their way to capital Hill. Still working with

congress occupies major part of the pres. time

Name the six presidential roles vested and in enforced by the consituition

Chief of state, chief executive, chief administrative, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator

Name the presidential roles enhanced by the people not the constitution

chief of party, chief citizen

chief of party

acknowledged leader of political party that controls the executive branch, virtually un-challenge able in that role.

although parites are not mentioned in the constitution, they play a

vital role in the workings of the American government system

much of the real power and influence of the president depends on their

ability to play this role

The office automatically makes it occupant the nations chief citizen

the pres. is expected to be the representative of all people

The chief citizen is expected to take the high road and fight for, defend for or promote

public interest

remeber that the president must play all of these 8 roles

simultaneously, they are all interconnected, none can be preformed in isolation

the immerse in which a pres. plays on one role can »»»»>

effect the other roles as well, like pres. john, and pres. nixon

president lyndon john’s as commander in chief during the Vietnamen war did some serious damage to his stature and effectiveness in the white house causing……

damage was so great, it helped prevent LBJ not to do re-election

president nixon’s downfall came within the party leader and chief citizen, so destroyed…….

he was forced out of office in disgrace 1944

formal qualification for a president

natural born citizen, have attained the age of 35, have been 14 years a resident with the U.S.

Only _ other chief took oath of office before the age of 50

7, ronald Regan being the oldest

have been forteen years a resident with the U.S. because some people do some

pubic affairs outside the country keeping them outside the U.S.

The presidental term, Alexander Hamilton wrote in the federalist No. 71 that

Four years was a large enough period for a president to have gained experience, demonstrated his skill, and establish stable polices

Until 1951 the Consitiution placed a limit on the # of times a president might serve. Soon the ______

no third term tradition,” became an unwritten rule, due to George Washington refusing a third term

__________ broke the tradition, causing the 222nd amendment to take place

Roosevelt

Although a president who serve a maximum of to two full terms in office. A pres. success to the office after ……..

midpoint could possibly serve for more than eight year

the pres may finsh out the predeorss turn and he seek for their own, however……

no pres. may serve more than 10

pay and benefits of the congresss towards the president

congress can be determined whether it increase or decrease during presidential term.

congress also provides the pres. 50,000 year expense allowance. the pres chose…….

how to spend this and is taxed as part of their income

The constitution forbids………

any other employment (payment of work) but dose not prevent the pres. with a great many extras

Extras refferring to

132 mansion, hidden resort, health insurance

presidental Succesion

is the scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled

If a president dies, resigns, or is removed from the office by impeachment, …….

the vice pres. succeeds to office

orignallly the constitution did not provide for the succesion of the vice president, rather it declared that “ the powers and duties” of the office…..

not the office itself, were to devolve on transfer to the vice president

In practice however, the vice pres. did move to office, when vacant. Pres. ———— was….

John Tyler was first to do so after william henry harrison

what had been practiced became part of the…….

consitution with the 25th amendment

25th amendment states “ in case of the removal of the president from office or his death or regsignation, the….

vice pres. shall become president

congress fixes the order of succession following the vice pres.

presidential Succession act of 1947

presidential Succession act of 1947

by it’s terms, the speaker of the house and then the president pro tempore of the Senate are next in line

After the president speaker of the house and pro tempore, they are followed by

secretary of state and then by each of the other 14 heads of the cabinet departments

cabinet departments, in order of each positions precedence that is the order in which …..

thier office were created by Congress

Section 3 and 4 of the 25th amendment fill the

disability gap

the vice president is to become president if 1 ….

1 the pres. informs congress, in writing that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties off his office

the vice president is to become president if 2 ….

the vice pres. and a majority of the members of the cabinet inform Congress in writing, that the pres. is so incapacitated

the president may resume to position by informing Congress with a

written declaration, that no inability exist ho

the vice pres and majority of Congress may challenge the president on this score

if so, congress has 21 day to decide

line of Succesion

vice pres. speaker of house, president pro temp ore of the Senate, secretary of state, secretary of the Treasury, secretary of defense, attorney general

constitution pays little attention to the office of the vice pres. its assigns the postion only two formal duties. beyond those duties the consitution make the vice pres. the president in waiting

1 preside over the Senate and 2 to help decide the question of presidential disability

much of the blame for the low status of the vice pres can be laid on the …..

two major parties and the way they choose their candidates for the office

balence the ticket

the nominess chooses a running chance of being elected by a virtue of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, or etc.

of all president’s officail family only the vice pres. is not subject to……. under the all circumstances the pres. is not allowed to fire the _______

the ultimate discipline of removal of office by the president

vice presidential vacancy

the presidency has been vacant 18 times, 9 by Succesion, 2 registration, 7 by death

25th amendment section 2 “whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the vice pres. the pres shall nominate a vice pres. who shall take office…… ( provison implemented 1973

upon conformation by a majority vote of both houses of Congress