2. Executive Branch: The Presidency
3/10/17 & 3/14/17: 3rd ended here
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3. Constitutional Requirements: POTUS
Must be a natural born citizen.
Some people argue that specifically means being born within the 50 states and disallowing people born on military bases or outside the U.S.A.
Must be at least 35 years of age.
NOTE: John F. Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president; however, Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest person to serve as president at the age of 42.
Must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
Some argue this means the 14 years leading up to the run for President.
Informal qualifications voters may look for?
3/10/17: 2nd period needs to write down

4. President’s Term
the original Constitution placed no limit on the number of terms a President could serve.
Starting with George Washington, Presidents limited the number of terms served to TWO. This tradition was broken by Franklin D. Roosevelt who went on to be elected to four terms!

11. 22nd Amendment: POTUS Term Limit
The 22nd Amendment: A President may NOT be elected more than twice or serve as president for more than a total of 10 years.
1 term=4 years
7 years = If a VP takes over during the first half of a President’s term, they may only be elected one more time for a total of 7 years served.
8 years = 14 presidents have serve 2 terms or 8 years total.
10 years = If a Vice President takes over in the last half of a President’s term, they may be elected two more times for a total of 10 years.
3/10/17: 1st per ended here

12. Presidential Succession AKA Plan B
NEED TO
KNOW
Presidential Succession Act of 1947: set the order of succession AFTER the Vice President.
Need to know: VP
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
#5-18. cabinet positions in the order they were created.
POTUS’s Cabinet & the federal bureaucracy
3/17/17: 6th period done and watched WW
# Secretary of Homeland Security

13. Presidential Disability: Dead or Alive
25th Amendment:
The VP becomes acting POTUS if
the President informs Congress, in writing, “that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” OR
(2) the Vice President and a majority of the members of the Cabinet inform Congress, in writing, that the President is incapacitated.
3/14/17: 2nd period ended here
Alive and well: If the president is able to resume his role he must inform Congress in writing, and as long as the VP and a majority of the cabinet do not object he takes over.

14. 25th Amendment: Appointing a New VP
Successor has the same duties and powers.
VP vacancy: DOES NOT go through the order of succession. The POTUS can appoint a NEW VP with the approval of both the House and Senate
3/14/17: 1st ended here
4/28: 3rd per ended here

15. The Vice Presidency
The Constitution gives the Vice President two duties :
1) to preside over the Senate, and
2) to help decide the question of presidential disability.
Today, the Vice President is often a trusted advisor and performs diplomatic and political chores for the President
Examples: Attending state dinners, funerals, represent the President when negotiating trade, environmental issues, etc.

16. Perks of the Job
George Washington: $25,000 a year. Currently, the President is paid $400,000 a year. Trump $1.00 per yr.
Room & board: the President gets to live in the White House, 132-room mansion.
The President is also granted other benefits, including a large suite of offices, a staff, the use of Air Force One, Marine One, Secret Service protection, and many other fringe benefits

17. Pressures of the Job: POTUS
POTUS never gets a day off. Daily security briefings, phone conferences, meetings, crises, etc. He must be available 24/7!
Presidential popularity related to:
economy/employment levels
foreign policy/military involvement
support of Congress
media exposure, pop culture

18. Roles of the President
Party Leader Commander in Chief Chief Executive Chief of State Chief Diplomat Chief Legislator
3/16/17: 1st finished West Wing, need to discuss roles and examples
3/20/17: FA and roles of President
3/16/17: 2nd finished West Wing, hwk 1st 2 roles
3/16/17: 3rd ended here 1st role as homework, did not watch WW
3/20/17: FA watched WW, roles of President for hwk.
3/21/17: 6th need to discuss last roles and take formative

19. Formative Assessment
Checks & balances: Explain how the executive branch checks the power of the legislative and judicial branches.
Federalism: Explain why power and responsibility is divided between two different levels of government (federal & state).
What are the Constitutional requirements to be POTUS?
What are 3 informal requirements citizens might look for when they are voting for president?
List the order of succession starting with the Vice President.
Explain the 22nd Amendment.
Explain the 25th amendment.