1. Libertyville HS

2. Constitution – Article II, Section 1, paragraph 6 (as amended) 20th Amendment – If president dies before taking office, VP takes over as president 25th Amendment – VP to become pres if… Pres dead, resignation Pres incapable of servingincapable – Vacancy in VP filled by app’t by the new President (confirmed by both chambers w/ majority vote)

3. Federal Laws – Presidential Succession Act of 1792 (Pres Pro Temp, then Speaker, then Cabinet member) – Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (Flip flopped Speaker & Pres pro temp) Never an acting officer; only appointed & confirmed by US senate (& qualified to be president) Serve as pres until disability removed or new Pres elected

4. Vice President Joe Biden Speaker John Boehner President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy Secretary of State John Kerry Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Attorney General Eric Holder

5. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell (born in Great Britain) Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan

6. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki Secretary of Homeland Rand Beers (acting)

7. President and all successors are never in the same place at the same time One eligible successor, one house member from each party, and one senator from each party are randomly selected and are held separate and apart from all others Purpose: to assure succession of government in event of death of everyone

8. Partisan difference between Executive, Legislative branch leadership One DC nuke away from killing all successors Swine flu / viral / biological attack could cause mass vacancies in DC 25 th Amendment makes all of this unnecessary! Left, Speaker; Right, Pres. Pro Temp = 25 th Am