1. DO NOW: What characteristics or traits should a President have?

2. Aim: Should there be further limits to presidential power?

3. I. Qualifications  4 year term  Elected by Electoral College  Must be 35  Natural born citizen  Resident of US for 14 yrs

4. The Presidency Selection Process, Terms, and Powers

5. II. The Electoral College  Electoral College Electoral College

6. What happens when no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes?

7. II. The Electoral College  Organized every 4 years, only for Presidential elections  State’s electors equal to sum of Representatives and Senators  Most votes: President; Second most: Vice President. (Changed in 1804)  No majority: House of Representatives decides, one vote per state delegation

8. It was assumed that most elections would be determined by the House of Representatives, because no candidate would win a majority of electoral votes.

10. Questions: What is the definition of a swing state? List as many as you can for this 2008 presidential election. Is it fair or unfair that a candidate can receive a majority of the popular vote and still lose the election because he/she does not have a majority of the electoral vote? Why?

11. III. Presidential Terms  Unlimited four-year terms  22 nd Amendment (1951) limited the number of terms to two

12. IV. Presidential Powers A. Executive Carrying out and enforcing federal laws Nominating candidates for federal office Negotiating treaties Conducting wars (Commander in Chief)

13. Presidential Powers B. Non-Executive Pardon individuals convicted of federal crimes Send and receive ambassadors

14. Presidential Powers 3. Shared (Great example of checks and balances) President can veto Congressional bill; Congress can override with 2/3 of each house President nominates executive officials and federal judges – must be approved by Senate Presidentially negotiated treaties require approval of 2/3 of Senate Only Congress can declare war and control the money

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