Notes ch 8 & 9 The Executive Branch Grable

I. Presidential Qualifications

A. Constitutional Requirements

1.

2.

3.

B. Unwritten Requirements

1.

2.

3.

4.

C. Removal from Office

II. President’s Term and Salary

A. Term

22nd Amendment

B. Salary and Benefits

III. Presidential Succession

A. Succession Act of 1947

B. 25th Amendment – 1967

1. VP vacancy

2. Presidential Disability

a.

b.

IV. Vice President’s Role

A. According to the Constitution

1.

2. 25th amendment – helps to decide if the President is disabled

B. Modern Responsibilities

V. Electing the President – Electoral College

A. Primaries (Spring)

Primaries are run by the parties.

1. Open

2. Closed

3. Mixed

Iowa - New Hampshire –

The process of choosing delegates to send to the national convention is decided at the state level, which means

there are significant differences from state to state and sometimes year to year.

B. Conventions (late Summer)

Delegates-

Super-delegates-

C. General Election

1. Voters to the polls – November – first Tuesday after the first Monday

Actually voting for the electors who will cast your state’s votes for President.

2. Electors

Electors cast the state’s official votes for President.

Number of electors per state -

3. Winner- take-all – the candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the state, receives all of that

state’s electoral votes.

4. Electoral College – December

5. Both houses of Congress

meet to open and count

the ballots – January 6th

D. Exceptions to winner-take-all

1. Maine and NE

2. Not all states legally require electors to vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote, but

electors usually do.

E. Criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system

Popular vote vs. Electoral Vote

VI. Inauguration

January 20th Noon

VII. Roles and Duties of the President

A. Head of State

B. Appointments

C. Chief Executive (head of the Executive Branch - Bureaucracy)

1. Executive Orders

2. Reprieves, Pardons, and Amnesty

D. Commander In Chief

1. Power to Make War

2. Military Operations and Strategy

E. Chief Legislator

1. Legislative Program

2. Tools of Presidential Lawmaking

F. Executive Privilege

G. Economic Planner

Employment Act of 1946

H. Chief Diplomat

1. Treaties

2. Executive Agreements

3. Recognition of Foreign Governments

I. Party Leader

VIII. Executive Office

A. Executive Office of the President / Agencies

1. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

2. National Security Council

3. National Homeland Security Council

4. Council of Economic Advisers

B. The White House Office

1. Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff (Gatekeeper)

2. White House Counsel

3. Press Secretary

IX. The Cabinet

A. Definition:

1. Individuals

2. As a group

B. Selection & Confirmation

C. Role of the Cabinet