Article Two-The Executive Branch
Tenure and Succession
• 25th Amendment
– If VP is vacant the Pres. Can nominate a new
one>Senate approval
– If Pres. Dies in office> VP takes over as Pres.
– If President is disabled, VP and Cabinet can inform
Congress and VP takes over
– Congress must vote to allow Pres. to return
Barack Obama-46 years old-4
years Senator-Illinois
Joe Biden-65 years old-36 years
Senator-Delaware
History is made
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
The Constitution gives executive powers-to
carry out laws-to a President.
His assistant is the Vice President.
Also assistance comes from his Cabinet
group of advisors who help make policy
He serves a 4 year term-unlimited originally.
Requirements:
35 years old
US citizen 14 years
Natural Born Citizen-at least one parent citizen
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
The Electoral College: voters cast their ballots for
electors
- each state is granted as many electors as it has
Congress people
(Senators + Representatives = Electoral Votes)
- 12th Amendment: separate ballots for VP and Pres
- 20th Amendment: inauguration day is Jan 20th
- 23rd Amendment: 3 electoral votes for DC
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
• 5 main jobs of the President
– 1- To enforce laws passed by Congress
– 2- To suggest needed laws to Congress
– 3- To carry on relations with foreign countries
– 4- To command the armed forces
– 5- To represent the entire country, both in dealing
with other countries and at home
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
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The President earns a yearly salary:
$400,000
$50,000 expense account
$100,000 travel account-not taxable
$19,000 entertainment account
Must give an annual speech to Congress
State of the Union Address
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
• As an elected official the president may be
• Impeached-Formally charged w/a crime-by
The House
• And Removed from office-2/3 vote of Senateacting as jury-Chief Justice acts as judge
The Most Stressful Job?
The Most Stressful Job?
The Most Stressful Job?
Only Two President’s Impeached
• Bill Clinton-1998
• Andrew Johnson-1868
Richard Nixon
Only President to Resign
August 9,1974
Longest Time in Office
FDR 1933-1945
Elected 4 Times (22nd Amendment – 1952)
The Executive Branch and The
Constitution
• 25th Amendment – Presidential Succession
– VP is vacant – President can nominate a new one
– If President is sick and cannot do the job > Pres,
VP or Cabinet can tell Congress that VP will be
acting President
– When illness or disability is done, President may
inform Congress and return to job
Shortest Time in Office
30 Days,12 hours,10 minutes
William Henry Harrison
Tallest President
Abraham Lincoln
6’4”
Shortest President
James Madison
5’4”100 pounds
Heaviest President
William Howard Taft
332 pounds
Assassinated Presidents
• Abraham Lincoln April 15th 1865 by John
Wilkes Booth
Assassinated Presidents
• James Garfield-shot July 2 1881 died
September 19 1881 by Charles Guiteau
Assassinated Presidents
• William McKinley-September 14, 1901 by
Leon Czolgosz
Assassinated Presidents
JFK-November 22,1963 Youngest Elected
43,Only Catholic
By Lee Harvey Oswald