1. The Executive Departments and Presidential Succession

2. Executive Departments: The Executive Branch Enforces or Carries Out the Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cabi net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cabi net Examples of how this branch carries out laws: Congress makes a tax law; the Department of Treasury makes sure people are paying it. Congress makes a law that employers must not discriminate against employees on the basis or race, gender etc.-- the Department of Labor makes sure that employers are following the rules Congress makes a law that kids must go to school until they’re 16; the Department of Education makes sure this is happening

3. Presidential Succession The line of succession is currently: Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security If Vice President dies, President appoints a successor w/ majority approval of Congress. If VP becomes President because President dies, they, as new President, appoints a VP w/ Congress’ approval Four Presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln James Garfield William McKinley John F. Kennedy