The President

Constitutional powers

• executing laws

• appointment power

• recess appointment

• state of union address

• recommend legislation

• convene congress

• adjourn congress

• veto power

• pardon power

• treaty power

• commander in cheif

Who determines salary of president?

Congress

Qualifications of president

• natural born citizen

• 35 years or older

• 14 years of residency

22 amendment

2 limit term of president

25 amendment

VP takes over if president cannot fulfill role

20th amendment

moved inauguration from March to January 20

Roles in Congress for impeachment

• House brings charges; misdemeanor, treason, bribery

• Senate conducts trial

12th amendment

VP and President elected on same ticket

Democrats vision of federal government

Involved with people’s lives

Republican’s vision of government

Limited government, not interefering with people’s lives

Who wrote federalist 70?

Alexander Hamilton

Message of federalist 70

Argues for a strong single executive leader

Weaknesses of more than one head of executive branch

• leads to delays, confusion, and lack of responsibility

• more frequent disagreements

What is it called when a government is divided and cannot seem to pass laws?

Gridlock

A president is impeached if how much of Senate votes them out?

2/3 of Senate

What happens if the president does not sign a bill within 10 days of its adjourning

Bill becomes rejected and is now a pocket veto

Who is in second in line to assume presidency if the president is unable to fulfill its duties?

Vice president

What is the cabinet

Group of officials who act as advisor to president and modern day cabinets consist of attorney generals and the heads or secretaries of the 15 executive departments

What is the White House Staff and what does it consist of?

• Includes important personal and political advisors to the president such as legal counsel, personal secretary, and chief of staff

• this office takes care of the president’s political needs and manages the press

executive agreement

an informal power of president that is between the president and another country; it does not require the approval of Senate

executive order

presidential order to executive branch that carries force of law.

• supreme court and

signing statement

informal power that the president uses to write a statement offering interpretation of the law and how it is to be executed