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OUR COUNTRY Helen. ENFORCES LAWS A president can only serve 2 times, and only 4 years per a term. LENGTH OF TERM.

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1 OUR COUNTRY Helen

2 ENFORCES LAWS

3 A president can only serve 2 times, and only 4 years per a term. LENGTH OF TERM

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5 Cabinet Vice President Secretary of Energy Secretary of State Secretary of Treasury Secretary of Defense Secretary of Justice Secretary of Interior Secretary of agriculture Secretary of Commence Secretary of the Labor Secretary of Health and Human services Secretary of Housing and Urban development Secretary of the Transportation Secretary of Education Secretary of Veteran Affair Secretary of Homeland security

6 THESE ARE MY JOBS! The president is the Chief executive. He is also commander in chief.

7 QUALIFACATIONS You must be a Natural born citizen. You must be at least 35 years old. You must have lived In the United States For 14 years.

8 AWESOMELY AWESOME FUN FACTS George Washington used to be a bad boy. He Chopped down a cherry tree. By this November, George Bush will have made 3,200,000 dollars out of being president. Franklin D. Roosevelt created the executive office in 1939.

9 MAKES LAWS

10 JOB DISCRIPTION The legislative branch makes the laws and approves appointments by the president ( Judges and cabinet Members).

11 SENATE The senate has two senators that have a 6 year term. They have to be at least 30 years old, you have to have been a citizen for at least 16 years, and a resident from the state in which the candidate seeks the election.

12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The number of representatives depends on the population of the state, and you can only be one for two years (unless you run again). Alabama has only 7 representatives, but California has 53. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming all have 1 representative. You must be at least 25, you must have lived in the U.S for 7 years, and you must be a resident from the state in which you seek the election.

13 ALABAMA CALIFORNIA 53 ALASKA 1 1 DELAWARE MONTANA 1 North Dakota 1 SOUTH DAKOTA 1 VERMONT 1 WYOMING 1 7

14 The senate or house writes a bill and votes on it. Then they send it to the President. If the president approves it the bill becomes a law, but if he Vetoes it the entire process begins again. This is what a bill looks like.

15 INTERPRETS LAWS

16 THE SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court has 9 members—a chief justice and 8 other associate justices.

17 The supreme court has the power to decide weather a federal or state law or action by the president is constitutional.

18 Justices may remain in office for life. Justices are picked by the president And approved by the senate. TERM LENGTH

19 THE END


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