Studied by 70 peopleformal qualifications to be president
natural born citizen of US, at least 35, and a resident for at least 14 years
duties and responsibilities of president
implementing and enforcing laws written by Congress, appoint heads of federal agencies, including cabinet
benefits that president recieves
pension, transition, staff and office, medical insurance, and secret service protection, Air Force 1, Marine 1, Camp David
Which article of the Constitution applies to the Executive Branch?
Article II
12th Amendment
separated the elections for president and VP, each elector has one vote for each
22nd Amendment
a president cannot exceed two terms or 10 years in office
25th Amendment
declares line of succession (President, VP, Speaker of the House)
How does the electoral college work?
based off of number of senators and representatives of each state, plus 3 reps. from Washington D.C. Electors vote (representing state/district) on who should be president through popular vote. 270 votes required to win. people choose electors.
How do Maine and Nebraska allocate their electoral college voters?
2 senator votes are given to whoever wins the popular vote. Then 1 vote is allotted to the candidate who wins in each district (per district)
significance of 1800 election
Jefferson and Burr tied 36 times in the election causing the 12th amendment to be created
checks and balances of executive branch on other branches
legislative: veto bills, add signing statements, distribute executive order judicial: reprieve, pardon, commutation, amnesty, and nominate judges
changes in executive branch size and departments of cabinet
was roughly few thousand with 4 cabinet members and then became 4 million with 16 members
summarize executive branch in one sentence.
The executive branch is made up of the president, vice president, cabinet, and other executive departments and carries out and enforces laws.
executive privilege, pardons, and executive order (limits)
executive privilege: ability to refuse to disclose info to congress/federal courts; must obey supreme court pardon: legal forgiveness of a crime; only involves federal offense executive order: a spoken law that bypasses the legislative process; can be overturned by federal courts
How did Richard Nixon challenge executive privilege?
Nixon argued that executive privilege gave him the power to withhold sensitive information (tapes), he believed he was exempt from the court's order.
reprieve
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
amnesty
legally forgive a group of wrongdoers for a crime
pardon
legally forgive an individual for a crime
commutation
lessening a punishment for a criminal (such as shortening a sentence or decreasing the amount of money paid in a fine)
presidential salary
400k plus 50k spending money
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