President & Vice President
A. Duties/Powers of POTUS
- Article II Section 2 &3
President & Vice PresidentA. Duties/Powers of POTUS
- Article II Section 2 &3
B. Constitutional Qualifications
C. President’s Term and Salary
1. 22nd Amendment
2. Salary and Benefits
President & Vice PresidentD. Presidential Qualifications
1. Constitutional Requirements
2. Government Experience
3. Importance of Money
4. Political Beliefs
5. Personal Characteristics
6. Personal Growth
E. Charateristics
President & Vice PresidentE. Presidential Succession
1. Order of Succession
a.) 25th Amendment – “JFK” Amendment
b.) Presidential Succession
Act of 1947
c.) Problems of Succession
Presidential Succession Act of 1947Vice President – Joseph Biden
Speaker of the House of Reps.
John Boehner
President Pro Tempore
of the Senate: Patrick Leahy
Cabinet Positions in
order of their creation:
Secretary of State – John Kerry
President & Vice President
D. Presidential Succession
1. Order of Succession
a.) 25th Amendment – “JFK” Amendment
b.) Presidential Succession
Act of 1947
2. Presidential Disability
a.)25th Amendment
The West Wing-CPA. White House Office
Pyramid Structure
-subordinates report to POTUS through a chain of command – chief of staff
Circular Structure
-several of the POTUS assistants report directly to him.
Ad Hoc Structure
-several subordinates, cabinet officers, & comm. Report directly to the POTUS on diff. matter.
POTUSA. Executive Office of POTUS
- Office of Management & Budget
- Director of National Intelligence
-Council of Economic Advisers
-Office of Personnel Management
-Office of U.S Trade Representative
B. Cabinet Secretaries
C. Presidential Appointments
Hearst Newspaper journalist Helen Thomas and President Barack Obama share their birthday – August 4th – “Thank you, Mr. President” – after press conferences
Vice PresidentA. Vice President’s Role
1. Constitutional Duties
2. Selecting a V.P Candidate
3. Increased Responsibilities
a.) Walter Mondale
Roles of the President2. Chief Executive
Executive OrdersImpoundmentSigning Statements *de facto line-item veto
Executive Privilege- United States v. Nixon- Supreme Court Cases
Roles of the President3. Chief Legislator
President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington November 8, 2009.
Power to PersuadeThe Three Audiences
- Fellow Politicans
- Party Activists & Officeholders – out of DC
- The Public
Roles of the President4. Economic Planner
U.S. President Barack Obama introduces Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to U.S. National Economic Council Director Larry Summers in Tokyo November 13, 2009. Reuters
Roles of the President5. Party Leader
6. Chief DiplomatTreaties & Executive Agreements
President Obama signs leg. for discrimination in the work place.
Meets with Emperor Akihito in Japan on Nov. 14, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Brigadier General Karl Horst (R).greet a visitor as they visit section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetary November 11, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
Electing the PresidentHow electors are chosen?
- a slate of electors are chosen by a popular vote in each St & D.C. on the Tues. after the first Monday in Nov.
- the Sec. of State contacts the political party’s candidate who won
How many electors are there?
-currently 538 electors
House of Representatives: 435
Senate: 100
District of Columbia 3
Electing the PresidentHow many electors does each state receive?
Electors = # of congressional members for that
state
Kansas Electors = 6 (4 H of R + 2 Senators)
California Electors =55 (53 H of R + 2 Senators)
Electing the PresidentHow many electors must a presidential candidate
received to have won the presidency?
270/538 – to be POTUS!!
What if no majority of electors is won?
12th Amendment
Electing the PresidentThe electoral college system is a winner take all
system.
George W. Bush = 51% of the KS popular vote
Al Gore = 49% of the KS popular vote
George W. Bush wins all 6 electoral votes from Kansas.
Is that fair to Gore or any presidential candidate?
Electing the PresidentThe Final
The state’s slate of electors meet in Topeka, KS on the 1st Monday after the 2nd Wednesday in December and cast the official ballot for the state of Kansas. Secretary of State signs off on the ballot.
It is sent off to Washington, D.C to be opened at a joint session of Congress around the first of the year. President of the Senate reads the ballots.