Objective

• I can describe the president pay and benefits.

• I can explain how the Constitution provides for Presidential disability.

The Presidency

Chapter 13 section 1 & 2 pages 364 to 373

Roles of the President“The President wears many hats.”

The Presidents is and does many things all at once. All of these roles are inseparable and interrelated.

Roles• Chief of State

• Chief Executive

• Chief Administrator

• Chief Diplomat

• Commander in Chief

• Chief Legislator

• Chief of Party

• Chief Citizen

Formative Assessment

• What are the Presidents responsibilities as chief legislator?

Qualifications to be President

• Must be a natural born citizen

• Must be at least 35 years old

• Must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years

Presidential Term

4 year term.

Limit 2 terms

22nd Amendment.

Formal Assessment

• What are the three qualification to be President?

CompensationJanuary 20, 2001

Pay: $400,000 a year

Expense Account: $50,000 a year

White House 132 room mansion

Air Force 1, Marine 1, a yacht,

a fleet of cars, Camp David

The Vice-President

“ I am the Vice-President. In this I am nothing, but I may

be everything.”

John Adams

The Vice-President The Job of the Vice-President as

outlined by the Constitution.

1) Preside over the Senate.

2) Help decide questions of presidential disability.

Formal Assessment

• How much does the President make a year?

• Explain a few of the benefits.

Presidential Succession

The Presidential Succession

Act of 1947

The 25th Amendment 1967

Presidential Succession• 1) Vice President• 2) Speaker of the House• 3) President Pro Tem. of the Senate• 4) Secretary of State• 5) The 13 members of the Cabinet

in order of the establishment of their position

Presidential Disability• Until the 25th Amendment there

was no plan in case the President got sick.

• Section 3 and 4 of the 25th established a plan where the VP can act as the President

Presidential Disability

1) If the President informs congress in writing “He is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

Presidential Disability

2) If the VP and a majority of the Cabinet inform Congress the President is incapacitated, the President can be removed and the VP placed in charge.

Presidential Disability

The president can resume his duties and powers as soon as he informs congress no inability exists.

July 13, 1985 7 hours 54 minutes

Formal Assessment

• How did the 25th Amendment fix “gaps” in the Succession Act of 1947?

Reading Assignment

For tomorrow make

sure you have read

Chapter 13 section 3

Pages 374 to 376

VP sitting in “The Big Chair”

• 8 Presidents have died in office, then of course there was Nixon

• 18 time the VP job has been vacant

A) 9x VP moved up to be President

B) 7x they have died

C) 2x they have resigned

Presidential Trivia• Who was the youngest President?

• Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt 42

• Who was the oldest?

• Ronald Reagan 69

• Who was first to live in the White House?

• John Adams Nov. 1 1801

• How many were assassinated? Name them!

Presidential Trivia• 4 = Lincoln, Kennedy, William McKinley, and

James Garfield

• Who was the first father son combo???

• John Adams and John Quincy Adams

• Who was President for the longest and the shorts time periods?

• Franklin Roosevelt 14 years

William Henry Harrison 1 month

Objectives

• I can explain how the electoral college provides for the election of the President.

The Election

Chapter 13 section 5

Pages 386 - 394

The Election

The electoral college is the least understood part of our election process.

The Election cont.

When you cast your vote for the president you are actually voting for an elector.

The Election cont.

Each state has the same numbers of electors as they have congress people.

The Election cont.

Candidates with the most popular vote gets all of the electoral votes.

“Winner take all”

Electoral College1) Electors are selected on the

Tuesday of the first full week of November. They are selected by the popular vote.

* electors names don’t appear on the ballot.

Electoral College

2) Electors cast their vote on Monday in the second full week of December. They meet in each states capitals.

Formative Assessment

• What role do the Electors play in electing a president?

Electoral College3) Formal elections occur in the Senate

January 6th

• Votes cast in state capitals are counted • President of the Senate counts the

votes in front of a joint session of Congress

• The candidate w/a majority of votes (270) is declared elected.

Problems w/ Elections

President

• In House of Reps.

• Each state gets one vote

• Majority wins (26 states)

• Vote on top 3

Problems w/ Elections

Vice President

• In the Senate

• Each state gets one vote

• Majority wins (26 states)

• Vote on top 2

If a problem pops up w/ presidential election the Vice President Elect is to fill in as President until resolved.

Formative Assessment

• If there are problems electing a President, who resolves those issues?

• What was our objective for today?