The document summarizes key aspects of the executive branch and presidency, including qualifications for president and vice president, terms of office, presidential powers and succession, and historical examples. It outlines that the president is elected to four-year terms with a maximum of two terms, and details the presidential line of succession. It also discusses political parties in early American history and important elections such as 1800, which led to changes in how electors vote.

1. ARTICLE II

2. THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
The President
The Vice President
The Cabinet
Executive Depts. & Bureaucracy

3. Qualifications for
Pres. & V.P.
Must be 35 years old
Must be a natural born
citizen
Must have lived in the U.S.
the last 14 years

4. Term of office:
 The President and V-P. are
elected to four year terms
 The 22nd amendment limits the
president to two terms or no
more than 10 years

5. Compensation
 Salary
$400,000(2001)
 $50,000 for
expenses
 $100,000 for
travel
 White House 132
rooms and office
 Camp David
Resort
 Medical &
Dental Care
 Secret service
protection-life
 Pension
 Transportation

6. Presidential Succession
Act
 1. Vice-President of the U.S.
 2. Speaker of the House
 3. President pro tem
 4. Cabinet secretaries in order
of department origin (State,
Treasury, Defense)

7. 25th Amendment 1967
 If President cannot complete
his term, the V.P. becomes
President
 If V.P. office is vacant, the
President appoints one w/
Senate approval.

8. RICHARD NIXON & 25th
 Nixon elected 1968 & 1972
 1ST V. P. Spiro Agnew resigned b/c of
income tax evasion
 Nixon appointed Gerald Ford VP
 Nixon Resigned b/c of Watergate
scandal
 Ford is President
 Ford appoints Nelson Rockefeller VP

9. Richard Nixon

10. Watergate
http://watergate.info/

11. John Kennedy & MLK

12. PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
 Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces
 Grant reprieves & pardons for
federal offenses
 Call special session of Congress
 Receive ambassadors
 Execute laws
 Appoint officials to lesser
offices

13. Executive Powers
 The President has a “Special Power” called
Executive Powers
 These “Powers” are commands that as the
president he or she can give that have the
Power of Law.
 They are still subject to interpretation from
the Supreme Court and cannot infringe on
the powers of Congress according to the
Constitution.

14. Powers Shared w/ Senate
 Make Treaties
 Appoint Ambassadors,
Judges, & high officials

15. Powers shared w/
Congress
 Approve legislation
• If a bill is veto, the President
is denying a bill from
becoming law. However, the
Senate can override a veto
with a 2/3rds vote.

16. Secretary of Homeland Security

17. White House Office
“West Wing”
 Closest to the Pres.
 #1 person is Chief of Staff
 Press Secretary
 Many others with various
names—Who is closest to the
Oval Office?

18. Removal of President
 The president and vice
president may be removed from
office upon conviction of
impeachment for high crimes
and misdemeanors

19. Political Parties
 The authors of the Constitution had wanted to avoid
political parties
• They believed that Political Parties would lead to too much division
 After the Whiskey Rebellion and the debate that followed
it, politicians decided to form two major parties, the
Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans

20. Political Parties
Leaders Region Main Beliefs
Federalist Alexander
Hamilton,
John Adams
Northerners
Normally
sided with the
Federalists
Strong
nationally
based Federal
Government
Democratic-
Republicans
Thomas
Jefferson,
James
Madison
Southerners
normally sided
with the
Democratic-
Republicans
Smaller
national
government,
stronger
states rights.

21. Thomas Jefferson-- Aaron Burr

22. Election of 1800
 One of the most important elections
in American History
• Adams vs. Jefferson
• Chose V.P. candidates to run with
them
• Adams---Thomas Pinkney
• Jefferson—Aaron Burr
 Electors voted twice. Jefferson and
Burr tied. Who is President?

23. Tie Goes to the House
 House votes 35 times. Hamilton
convinces them to vote for
Jefferson.
 Jefferson becomes 3rd President
 Aaron Burr is V.P.
 Later Burr will kill Hamilton in a
duel.

24. Changes in Pres. Elections
1. Candidates select running
mates.
2. Electors pledged to parties,
not candidates; They vote
for PARTY.
3. 12th Amendment added—
Electors designate their
vote as Pres. or V.P.

25. The Electoral college
 Each state will have electors equal
to the number of senators +
representatives given to that state
 Electors may not hold any other
office
 Electors will be appointed by state
legislature
 Electors will determine the president
And vice-president

26. 2000 Census

27. Amendment
 Gave Washington DC 3
electors
Total 435+100+3=538 Elector
votes

28. Jimmy Carter-Oval office

29. The Oval Office