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The Office of the President

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1 The Office of the President
Chapter 7, section 1 Introduction

2 Requirements Found in Article 2, section 1.
Natural born citizen 35 years of age 14 year resident What “unwritten” characteristics do Americans want in their President? List

3 Constitutional Amendments
12th: Separated voting between President & Vice President 20th: Changed the inauguration date to January 20th thereby shortening the lame duck period 22nd: Limited President to 2 terms or 10 years in office 25th: Established rules for sucession & disability.

4 Perks of the President Nice house: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave!
Nice salary: $400,000 Great pension: retirement check for LIFE 24/7 Protection: Secret Service Free Travel: Air Force 1, Marine 1, limos HUGE staff: custodians, personal assistants, chefs, secretaries, speech writers

5 Presidential Succession
Act of Succession of 1947 established an order of who takes over in times of crisis where many government officials are killed Pres-VP-Speaker-Pro Tempore-Cabinet Secretaries in order of creation 25th really prevents from ever going past VP VP, Cabinet & both houses of Congress decide if President is disabled. VP acting President in that case.

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