The Presidency
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From Washington to Obama
Chief of State
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Chief Citizen
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Chief Executive & Chief Administrator
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Chief Diplomat
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Commander In Chief
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Chief Legislator
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What a president can do
with legislation:
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1. Sign
2. Veto
3. Ignore
4. Pocket Veto
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HE also signs EXECUTIVE
ORDERS
Qualifications:
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Before
After
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Before
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Now
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Lucky Presidents
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Balancing The Ticket
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Why The Electoral College?
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Electoral Politics
An Appointed President
Last VP To Move Up?
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Presidential Scandals
Presidential Approval Ratings
Bush Approval Rating
Average Approval Ratings
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Executive Amendments
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12th: Election of
Prez. And VP
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22th: Presidential
Term Limits
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25: Presidential
Disability
Under the Twelfth Amendment, each elector must cast distinct votes for President and Vice
President, instead of two votes for President. No elector may cast votes for Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates who both inhabit the same state as that elector (Habitation
Clause). It is, however, possible for an elector to cast a vote for one candidate that is from the
same state as that elector. The Twelfth Amendment explicitly precluded those
constitutionally ineligible to be President from being Vice President
Impeachment:
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Article One of the Constitution
gives the House of
Representatives the sole power of
impeachment and the Senate the
sole power to try convictions.
Other Executive Amendments
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20th LAME DUCK Amendment
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23rd Washington DC right to vote in
Electoral College
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EEOB: Eisenhower
Executive Office Building
next to White House:
EOP (1939)
National Security Council
(Prez, VP, Sec. Of State,
Sec. Of Defense, national
security advisor)
Council of Economic
Advisors (3 member
body)
Office of Management
and Budget (5-7 political
appointees with 100’s of
bureacrats)
EOP
White House Staff
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Chief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff (2)
Press Secretary
Counsel
Senior Advisor (3)
Asst. to the president for Philip Schiliro
legislative affairs
David Axelrod
Jim Messina
Mona Sutphen
Peter Rouse
Robert Gibbs
Valerie Jarrett
Gregory Craig
Balance of Power?
THE WAR POWERS
RESOLUTION
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Because it limits the President's authority in the use of
force without an official resolution or declaration of war
by Congress, there is controversy as to whether the
provisions of the resolution are consistent with the
Constitution.
The reports to Congress required of the President have
been drafted to state that they are "consistent with" the
War Powers Resolution rather than "pursuant to" so as
to take into account the Presidential position that the
Resolution is unconstitutional.
IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL???