No Cell Phones Allowed out in Class Put phones away One warning Second time it is out the phone will be placed in a bucket Argue and it goes to the office for your parent to pick up

Chapter 14 You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the structure of the National government as outlined in Article II of the Constitution.

Due Dates Presidency Test Feb. 27 Journals due Feb. 27 for half of the 100 points Presidential Papers due March 3

Feb Review 2. Notes/group work/discussion over Presidential Powers 3. Review for Test

The President has the power to remove any officer he nominated except ______________________. Executive agreements do not require ____________ consent. ______________ indicates that the President acknowledges the legal existence of another country.

Legislative Powers The President has the power to PROPOSE legislation. The president also has the power to deal with a bill. He can do one of four things –Sign It –Veto It –Hold it for 10 days while Congress is IN session –Pocket Veto (hold for 10 days while Congress NOT in session) Line Item Veto –Supreme Court found it to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL –Because it gives the president power to “rewrite a bill” -- which is a legislative power

Message Power Chief Executive regularly sends three major messages to Congress 1. State of the Union 2. Budget message 3. Annual Economic Report He calls on Congress to enact those laws he thinks are necessary

Judicial Power The Constitution gives the President the power to (only in cases involving federal offenses) –Reprieve – postponement of a sentence –Pardon – legal forgiveness –Clemency – mercy or leniency –Commutation- power to reduce a sentence –Amnesty – blanket pardon offered to a group

A famous pardon was Ford’s pardon of NIXON. An example of granting amnesty: –Carter granted amnesty in 1977 to all Vietnam War draft dodgers

Presidential Military Problems The Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. The President’s powers as commander in chief are almost without limit.

The President has the final authority over and responsibility for all military matters. Presidents have used the armed forces in combat without a declaration of war by Congress.

Congress had declared war eleven times. The last time was during WWII. The long military conflicts in Korea (1950 to 1953) and Vietnam ( ) were two of the largest conflicts that were “undeclared wars.”

Congressional Resolutions Joint resolutions that give the President the authority to meet certain international crises with military forces

Read pages What are three Congressional resolutions that Congress has approved? What three events used military forces without a Congressional resolution?

War Powers Resolution of 1973 The nation’s frustrations and growing anguish over the war in Vietnam led to Congress passing the War Powers Resolution.

Read page 403 What three provisions does the War Powers Resolution provide?