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Chief of State

Ceremonial Head of U.S. Government

Symbol of all the people of the nation. “the personal embodiment and

representative of [American] dignity and majesty.”

Chief Executive

Vested by the Constitution with Executive Power

What is an Executive? (Root word Execute)

What does an Executive do?

Chief Administrator

Director of the Executive Branch 2.7 million employees $2,500,000,000,000 budget

What does an Administrator do?

Chief Diplomat

What’s a Diplomat?

How does a President create Foreign Policy?

How is this different from Chief of State?

Commander in Chief

Complete control of U.S. Military Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National

Guard, Coast Guard, Homeland Security 1.4 million members in the Armed Forces 15,000 aircraft 600,000 land vehicles 700 ships

Annual Budget in excess of $1 trillion

Chief Legislator

What does a Legislator do? Remember that most Bills submitted to

Congress originate in the Executive Branch

What are some of the Powers the President has regarding the passage of Laws?

Chief of Party

What do you call the party in control of the Executive Branch?

Because this is not a responsibility mentioned in the Constitution, how does a President fulfill this role?

Chief Citizen

Expected to work for and represent the public interest against the many different and competing private interests.

Explain FDR’s quote: “The presidency is not merely an administrative office. That is the least of it. It is preeminently a place of moral leadership.”

Presidential Compensation

$400,000 a year $150,000 expense budget $100,000 non-taxable travel account $19,000 for entertainment White House Air Force One Marine One Camp David Full Health Benefits

Formal Qualifications

Natural Born Citizen

35 years or older

Resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years. Do the years have to be consecutive or

recent?

Presidential Term

4 Years

Two Term Limit

Why was it necessary to create an Amendment to create a Term Limit?

Under the current Constitution, how many years maximum can a President serve?

Presidential Succession

VP Speaker of the

House President Pro

Tempore Sec of State Sec of Treasury Attorney General Sec of Interior Sec of Agriculture Sec of Commerce Sec of Labor

Sec of Health and Human Services

Sec of Housing and Urban Dev.

Sec of Transportation

Sec of Energy Sec of Education Sec of Vet Affairs Sec of Homeland

Security

Presidential Disability

President announces they are “unable to discharge powers and duties…”

VP and Majority of Congress submits written declaration of incapacitation.

VP takes over President will announce when s/he is

ready to resume duties. Congress has 21 days to decide

Vice President

“I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” John Adams

Preside over the Senate

Help decide the question of Presidential Disability.

“President-in-waiting.”

VP’s who ascended

John Tyler – 1841 (Harrison, Pneumonia)

Millard Fillmore – 1850 (Taylor, Gastroenteritis)

Andrew Johnson – 1865 (Lincoln, Assassination)

Chester A. Arthur – 1881 (Garfield, Assassination)

Teddy Roosevelt – 1901 (Mckinley, Assassination)

Calvin Coolidge – 1923 (Harding, undisclosed illness)

Harry Truman – 1945 (FDR, cerebral hemorrhage)

Lyndon B. Johnson – 1963 (JFK, Assassination)

Gerald Ford – 1974 (Nixon, Resignation)