2. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Qualifications
35 years of age
“natural born citizen”
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

3. Are these qualifications still relevant today?
35 years of age
“natural born citizen”
14 year residency
Are these qualifications still relevant today?

4. What is the maximum amount of time someone can serve as president?
Term and Salary
Four-year term
22nd Amendment
What is the maximum amount of time someone can serve as president?

6. Barack Obama First Full Term Second Full Term January 20, 2009
2013
2013
Second Full Term
2017

7. Barack Obama
January 20, 2009
January 19, 2011
Second Full Term

8. Term and Salary
Four-year term
22nd Amendment
$400,000

9. Is the president’s salary:
Too much
Not enough
Just right

10. Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Who becomes president if the current president dies, is impeached or resigns?

11. 25th Amendment

13. Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Presidential Succession
Vice president becomes president
Who becomes president if both the president and vice president die at the same time?

14. Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Presidential Succession
Vice president becomes president
Presidential Succession Act of 1947

16. Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Presidential Succession
Vice president becomes president
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
If the Vice President dies, is impeached, resigns or becomes president, who becomes Vice President?

18. X
President
Vice President

19. X
President
Vice President

20. President
Vice President

21. What happens if a president is unable to do his job temporarily?
Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Presidential Succession
Vice president becomes president
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Replacing the Vice President
President appoints, Congress approves
What happens if a president is unable to do his job temporarily?

24. Succession and Disability (25th Amendment)
Presidential Succession
Vice president becomes president
Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Replacing the Vice President
President appoints, Congress approves
Presidential Disability
Voluntary

25. What happens if a president is unable to do his job temporarily but is unable to notify the President Pro Tempore or the Speaker?

32. Removal (impeachment)

33. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

34. Removal (impeachment)
House impeaches (simple majority)
Senate tries and, possibly convicts (2/3)