1. Topic: Presidential Powers
AIM: What powers does the presidency possess?

2. I. Presidential Perks
A. Air Force One

3. B. Marine One

4. C. Motorcade

5. D. The West Wing free housing with plenty of amenities
D. The West Wing free housing with plenty of amenities. The White House has 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, a movie theater, bowling alley, billiards room

6. E. Bowling

7. F. Camp David

8. G. Kitchen Staff

9. H. Putting Green, Jogging Track, Tennis Court

10. I. Morning Newspapers

11. J. Salary Too much money is never enough, or is it?
annual salary of $400,000
$50,000 per year expense allowance
$19,000 entertainment account (renewable each year)

12. National Geographic “The Obama White House”

13. Who helps the President?
Vice President:
Michael Pence

14. Cabinet – unwritten constitution
Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson
Secretary of Treasury
Steven Munuchin

15. Secretary of Defense
James Mattis
Attorney General
Jeff Sessions

16. II. Hats of the President
Head of
State
Chief Executive
Legislative Leader
Presidential Hats
Commander in Chief
Of Armed Forces
Head of his Political
Party
Director of
Foreign Policy
Economic
Guardian

17. A. Chief Politician

18. Coattail Effect: when people approve of the president, voters tend to vote for others in his party

19. B. War Time Powers Power to control all war related industries
Place ceilings on wages and prices
Ration food, clothing and manufactured items

20. 4. Suspend some personal freedoms (curfews, habeus corpus, military tribunals)

21. C. Judicial Powers Appoints all federal judges and U.S. attorney’s.
Grants Pardons
"Mr. Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge's orders," McCain said. "The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions."

22. Carry’s out court orders and decisions

23. D. Power to Veto
1. Veto: prevent the passage of a law
2. Override a Veto: 2/3rds vote by both the house and Senate

24. Pocket Veto: President fails to sign a bill within the 10 days
Congress must be adjournment
If Congress in session, president fails to sign the bill, it becomes law w/o his signature.
Line Item Veto: power to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill (never made into law)

25. E. Contributions of various presidents
Washington: defined executive power

26. 2. Jefferson: first party leader

27. 3. Lincoln: authority to act in a crisis

28. 4. Wilson – Originator of the Press Conference

29. 5. FDR: brought compassion to government

30. 6. LBJ: Civil Rights Legislation

31. IV. Limits on Presidential Power
Limit of Permissibility
1. Must be legal, acceptable to public
Limits of available resources
1. available money, time

32. Limits of Previous commitments
1. Can’t ignore what previous presidents have promised

33. Limit of the president’s personality
1. Ability to “get the people behind him”

34. III. Impeachment of a President
Reasons: High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Procedure:
1. House of Representatives writes articles of Impeachment charging the President

35. C. U.S. Senate – tries the president and either finds him guilty or innocent