1. Write down today’s Essential Questions:
How does the United States Constitution define and limit executive power?

2. The Executive Branch
Unit 4

3. Why do you think the presidency is called a Glorious Burden??

5. Who assists the President?
When George Washington was President, people recognized that one person could not carry out the duties of the President without advice and assistance.

6. The President receives help from the:
Vice President
Cabinet Members
Heads of Independent and Executive Agencies.
Unlike the powers of the President, their responsibilities are not defined in the Constitution.

7. The Executive Branch

8. The Presidency
I Want you to learn about the Executive Branch

9. I need to have all these Qualifications!!!!

13. The Vice President

15. Presidential Succession
Eight U.S. presidents have died while in office. One president resigned. In each case, the vice president took the oath of office and became president as provided by the Constitution.

16. William H. Harrison, Natural Causes
John Tyler, Vice President

17. Zachary Taylor, Natural Causes
Millard Fillmore, Vice President

18. Abraham Lincoln, Assassinated
Andrew Johnson, Vice President

19. James A. Garfield, Assassinated
Chester Author, Vice President

20. William McKinley, Assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President

21. Warren Harding, Natural Causes
Calvin Coolidge, Vice President

22. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Natural Causes
Harry Truman, Vice President

23. John F. Kennedy Assassinated
Lyndon Johnson, Vice President

24. Twenty-fifth Amendment
adopted in 1967
new president nominates a new vice president
Nomination must then be approved by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.

25. The Order of Presidential Succession
The Vice President
The Speaker of the House
The President pro tempore of the Senate
Members of the president’s cabinet in the order in which their departments were created

27. Powers and Duties of the President

28. Powers and Duties of the President
Chief Executive Officer of the United States

29. Powers and Duties of the President
Prepares annual budget for Congressional approval

30. Powers and Duties of the President
Appoints Cabinet Officers, Ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges

31. Powers and Duties of the President
Approves and Vetoes Legislation

32. Powers and Duties of the President
Negotiates Treaties
October 26, 1994 Peace Treaty Signing: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President Bill Clinton, King Hussein of Jordan

33. Powers and Duties of the President
Administers the Federal Bureaucracy

34. Powers and Duties of the President
The State of the Union Address

36. Powers of the President

37. Commander and Chief
Commands all of the armed forces

38. Chief Legislator Proposer of the legislative agenda
Recommends laws to Congress
Approves or Vetoes bills

39. Ceremonial head of the U.S. Government
Chief of State
Ceremonial head of the U.S. Government

40. Head of the Executive Branch of U.S. Government
Chief Executive
Head of the Executive Branch of U.S. Government

41. Chief Citizen
Representative of the American People

42. Chief of Party leader of a political party helps the party raise money
Campaigns for party members

44. Checks and Balances

45. Executive Branch checks on the Legislative Branch
I called you all here today because I can!!
Vetoes laws
Calls Congress into special session

46. Executive Branch checks on the Judicial Branch
Appoints federal judges
John Roberts at his nomination for the Supreme Court with President George Bush.
OOHH Pick me pick me pick me

47. Legislative Branch Checks Powers OVER the President
Senate approves treaties and presidential appointments
*The House of Representatives appropriates money
*Congress can override veto Congress can impeach and convict the President and Vice President
BUT..I WAS THE PRESIDENT!! AGGH! I HATE RULE OF LAW!

48. Judicial Branch Checks Powers over the President
The Supreme Court can rule Executive Acts unconstitutional
Hey What Do You Expect..we only have one document to use here! Just follow it!
Geez

49. Executive Branch Checks Powers over the Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Vetoes laws
Convenes (calls) Congress into special session
Nominates Supreme Court Justices and federal judges
Grants pardons and reprieves
Legislative Branch Checks Powers over the President
Judicial Branch Checks Powers over the President
*Senate approves treaties and presidential appointments
*The House of Representatives appropriates money
*Congress can override vetoes
*Congress can impeach and convict the President and Vice President
*Grants pardons and reprieves
*The Supreme Court can rule Executive Acts unconstitutional

50. How the president influences policymaking (Laws/legislation)

54. ALL: WE ARE THE MEDIOCRE PRESIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND OUR FACES ON DOLLARS OR ON CENTS!
THERE'S TAYLOR, THERE'S TYLER THERE'S FILLMORE AND THERE'S HAYES THERE'S WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON HARRISON: I DIED IN THIRTY DAYS!
ALL: WE... ARE... THE... ADEQUATE, FORGETTABLE OCCASIONALLY REGRETTABLE CARETAKER PRESIDENTS OF THE U-S-A!

56. Executive Departments
Help carry out and execute the laws
Executive Departments

57. Executive Departments
Congress has the power to establish, reorganize and to eliminate executive departments

58. Executive Departments
Each department as a specific area of responsibility

59. Executive Departments
Heads of the Executive Departments make up the President’s Cabinet

60. Cabinet
Not mentioned in the Constitution, but every President has had a Cabinet
Advise the President and help implement federal laws
Title of most cabinet members is secretary
Head of the Department of Justice is the Attorney General

61. Department of the Interior Department of Treasury
Department of State
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Department of Treasury
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Department of Education
Department of Labor
Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Energy
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security

62. Independent Agencies and Regulatory Commissions

63. Independent Agencies and Regulatory Commissions
Created by Congress
Help keep the government and the economy running smoothly

64. Independent Agencies and Regulatory Commissions
Separate from the executive departments because they perform specialized duties
Help to carry out federal laws

65. Independent Agencies and Regulatory Commissions
Provide Public Goods and Services such as national defense, highways and the Postal Service
Enforce Federal Laws

66. Independent Agencies and Regulatory Commissions
Establish guidelines that protect health and safety
Oversee the way individuals and companies do business

68. The Federal Bureaucracy
Formed by the departments and agencies in the executive branch
3 million people work in the bureaucracy
Operates under heavy rules and regulations that create “red tape