1. Do Now
Grab a handout from the back

2. Mr. Hector Ocampo
President v King

3. Powers of a King (absolute monarchy)
A king is selected by God or some other divine being
He rules over the people in a manner that can be good or bad.
A king does not have any formal limit to his power (no checks and balances)

4. Powers of a King (cont.)
A king has complete control of the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches because he is each of those branches
As a result, a king can declare war, raise taxes, pardon people or sentence them to death

5. CFU Under an absolute monarchy, who does the king answer to?
A king does not answer to anyone under an absolute monarch.

6. Powers of a President Appoint judges and ambassadors
Serve as Commander in Chief
Can issue executive orders
Leader of foreign policy
Can veto bills
Has a vice president
Limited by the Constitution / other 2 branches

7. CFU What limits the power of the president?
Congress, the Constitution, the Supreme Court, the people

8. When does the line get blurry?
Patriot Act
NSA
Executive orders in order to pass through the limits provide by the Constitution
Do these actions go over the scope of a president or are they just a symptom of changing political power?

9. Irony?

10. Exit Ticket
Compare and contrast the power of a king with a president. How have recent presidential trends brought this separation into question?