1. Chapter 8/9 - The Executive Branch

2. What Comes to One’s Mind When You Think of the President?
Why is the President Such a Influential Title?
Held Accountable TOO Much?
Why Does Everyone Want the Position?

3. Qualifications 35 years old Natural Born Citizen
Live in the U.S. 14 Years prior to taking Oath of Office

4. Term Requirements 2 Terms (each term = 4 years)
Maximum of 10 years ( Vice President assuming Presidency first)
22nd Amendment
FDR Court Packing Scheme
Oval Office

5. Salary/Benefits $400,000 salary Air Force 1 / Marine 1 Camp David
$50, 000 expense account
Air Force 1 / Marine 1
Camp David
Pension - $191,300
Medical care
Secret Service Protection 24/7
Other Benefits

6. President’s Salary vs Others
Terry Semel
CEO Yahoo
$230.6 million
Barry Diller
CEO IAC/Interactive
$156.2 million
William McGuire
CEO United Health Group
$124.8 million
Tiger Woods
PGA Professional
$115.1 million
Howard Solomon
CEO Forest Labs
$92.1 million

7. Presidential Pay History
Date established
Salary
Salary in 2009 dollars
September 24, 1789
$25,000
$566,000
March 3, 1873
$50,000
$865,000
March 4, 1909
$75,000
$1,714,000
January 19, 1949
$100,000
$906,000
January 20, 1969
$200,000
$1,175,000
January 20, 2001
$400,000
$487,000
Sources:[33][34][35]

11. Other Qualifications Experience in Government Access to $
Usually a “Moderate”
Personal Qualities

12. Presidential Succession
25th Amendment ratified 1967 as result of JFK Assassination
How is Vice President chosen?

13. Presidential Succession
Section 1-20
Eight presidents have died in office–bullets struck down four; four died of natural causes. 
After John F. Kennedy was killed in 1963, the country realized that the rules for presidential succession the Constitution established were inadequate.
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14. CQ

15. Vice President Preside over Senate/ Assume Presidency
Ambassador for U.S.
Chosen by Presidential Candidate to “balance ticket”

16. Salary and Benefits $230,700 annually Air Force Two
$10,000 taxable expense account
Air Force Two
Mansion on grounds of Naval Observatory
Qualifications same as President. Why?

17. Naval Observatory Grounds

18. Vice President’s Mansion

19. President’s Cabinet
Makes up the 15 Executive Departments within the Executive Branch
“Presidential Advisors”
Meet usually weekly in Cabinet Room of the White House
Chosen by President and Approved by Senate – “Senate Confirmation Hearings”

20. Obama Administration Cabinet

21. President Obama holding a Cabinet Meeting

22. Powers and Roles of the President
Chapter 9 Sections 1 and 2
Powers and Roles of the President

23. Powers Given to the President Article II in Constitution
Executive Powers
“Boss of Federal Bureaucracy”
Executive Orders
Executive Privilege
Appointment/Removal of Officials
Diplomatic Powers
Making Treaties and Executive Agreements
Military Powers
Commander in Chief of Armed Forces
War Powers Act

24. Legislative Powers Judicial Powers State of the Union Address
Prepares Budget
Sign/Veto Bills
Judicial Powers
Appoint all Federal Judges
Grant Pardons, Reprieves and Amnesty

25. Limits on Presidential Power
Congressional Overrides of Veto
War Powers Act 1973
Limits Commander in Chief
Federal Court Decisions
Limitation by Bureaucracy
Public Opinion

26. What are the Roles of The President?
Head of State
Ceremonial roles
Chief Executive
Carries out the laws of Congress
Executive Orders (Presidential Laws)
Reprieves, Pardons, Amnesty
Chief Legislator
State of the Union Address

27. Economic Planner Head of the Party Chief Diplomat Commander in Chief
Regulate the Economy of the country
Head of the Party
Patronage Positions
Chief Diplomat
Treaties
Executive Agreements
Commander in Chief
Declare War (Congress Approval)
War Powers Act – 60 Day Deployment