1. Warm UP Trivia Time! Who was the only divorced president?
Who was the youngest pres. to be elected into office?
Who was the only president to resign from office?
Who was the only president to be elected to more than 2 terms?
Who was the tallest?
           
                                          

2. The President
The Basics

3. Constitutional Qualifications
35 years of age
Natural Born Citizen
14 years of living in the USA

4. Terms of Office G. Washington set precedent 2 Terms
FDR broke tradition
Elected 4xs
22nd Amendment (1951)
2 term limit
10 years max

5. Salary and Benefits 1999 raised to 400,000 from 200,000
100,000 travel allowance from 50,000
Air force One, jet, helicopter, limo, planes (Pres. & top assistants)
Free healthcare & dental
Domestic staff
Lifetime pension 191,200 yearly
Free office space, mailing, & 96,000 year for office staff

6. Line of Succession 25th Amendment (1967)
Line of Succession: order in which president is replaced
VP (Mike Pence)
Speaker of the HR (Paul Ryan)

7. President Pro Tem of the S
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense
#18 – Secretary of Homeland Security

8. Disability of President (25th Amendment)
If president is disabled (too sick to work), there are 2 options:
President writes a letter transferring power
VP and majority of Congress decide Pres is incapacitated
*Temporary, Pres returns to power once he proves his ability to do so

9. Vice President “I am Vice President
Vice President “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything” John Adams
VP’s Constitutional duties:
Preside over the Senate (break ties)
Determine President’s disability

10. More VP
“Balances the ticket” provides something the President does not have, possibly demographic (age, gender, race, region, etc) or experience
Obama picked Biden largely due to his years of experience especially in foreign affairs
Why did Trump pick Mike Pence?
If there is a vacancy, Pres picks a replacement, must be approved by Congress

13. Obama’s Ratings What is happening to his approval ratings?
Why do you think this is happening?

14. Write out questions and answer or write answers in complete sentences.
Summary
Write out questions and answer or write answers in complete sentences.
What are the qualifications to be President?
Explain the 22nd Amendment.
What is the 25th Amendment?
Explain the Constitutional duties of the Vice President.