Unit 2: The Three Branches

 Constitutional Issues (Section 1)  Four year terms  Written Qualifications – Natural Born Citizen, 35 years of age, 14 years a resident  Unwritten Qualifications - modern  Succession – 25 th Amendment  Pay Clause and Oath of Office  Election – Electoral College (12 th Amendment)

 Constitutional Powers (Section 2)  Commander-in-Chief  Pardon and Reprieves – except in cases of impeachment  Treaty Power  Appointment Power – with advice and consent of Senate and recess appointments  Veto Power

 Constitutional Duties (Section 3)  State of the Union Address to Congress  Special Session Call for Congress  Receive Ambassadors and officials from other countries  Faithful execution clause  Section 4 – Impeachment Clause

 Unwritten powers of the President  Name Recognition  Bully Pulpit  Ease of Executive Action in national emergencies  Modern Bureaucracy Developments  Modern Global Issues and Foreign Policy Powers