CHAPTER 13:2: The Vice President
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CHAPTER 13:2: The Vice President
Chapter 13:2 Objectives:
o Students will examine the
provisions of Presidential
successions.
o Students will examine how the
Presidential disability is
determined and dealt with.
o Students will examine the Vice
Presidency, in history and today.
Exo_24:13 And Moses rose up,
and his minister Joshua: and
Moses went up into the mount of
God.
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION OF VICE PRESIDENCY:
o If the President dies, or resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment, the Vice President automatically succeeds to the office.
o Originally, the Constitution did not provide for succession of the Vice President, however.
o Rather, it declared that “the powers and duties” of the office, not the office itself, were to “devolve on the Vice President.”
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION OF VICE PRESIDENCY:
o The practice began with John Tyler in 1841, and that should the office become vacant, the Vice President succeeded to it.
o That informal amendment became a part of the written Constitution with the adoption of the 25th Amendment in 1967.
o This states, “In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.”
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION OF VICE PRESIDENCY:
o Congress fixes the order of succession following the Vice-President.
o The present law in the matter is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
o The Speaker of the House and the President Pro-Tem of the Senate were next in line.
o Followed by the Secretary of State and then each of the other 14 heads of the cabinet departments in order of precedence.
PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY:
o Before the passage of the 25th Amendment, there were serious gaps in the arrangement for presidential succession.
o The plan by which a vacancy in the presidency would be filled.
o Neither the Constitution nor Congress had made any provision for deciding when a President was disabled.
o Nor was there anything to indicate by whom such a decision was to be made.
PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY:
o For nearly 180 years, the nation
played with fate.
o Woodrow Wilson’s stroke.
o James Garfield lingering for 80 days.
PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY:
o 25th Amendment fill the disability gap, and in detail.
o The Vice President is to become acting President if:
o (1) The president informs congress in writing, “that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
o Or
o (2) The Vice President and a majority of the members of cabinet inform Congress, in writing that the President is so incapacitated.
PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY:
o In either case, the President may resume the powers and duties of the office by informing Congress that no disability exists.
o However, the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet may challenge the President on this score.
o Congress then has 21 days in which to decide the matter.
PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY:
o This came only once when Reagan
had surgery for tumor and
transferred power to Bush and when
he awoke, transferred back the
power.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY:
o The Constitution pays little attention
to the office.
o It assigns the Vice President only two
formal duties:
THE VICE PRESIDENCY:
o (1) To preside over the Senate
o (2) To help decide the question of presidential disability.
o Beyond those duties, the Constitution makes the Vice President a “President-in-waiting.”
o Many Vice Presidents themselves disparage the Vice Presidency as insignificant.
IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE:
o Presidential candidate usually picks a running mate to balance the ticket to further their chances.
o When a VP resigns or succeeds to the Presidency, then the President nominates the VP and he is confirmed by the Senate.
o Nixon selected Ford and Ford selected Rockefeller.
IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE:
o In Clinton’s Administration.
o Gore given role as close advisor and
did some foreign policy duties.
o “Only a heartbeat away from the
Presidency.”
IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE:
o So far, no President has upgraded the Vice President to the role of a true “assistant president.”
o The major reason: of all the President’s official family, only the Vice President is not subject to the ultimate discipline of removal from office by the President.
o No matter what the circumstance, the President cannot fire the VP.
If you were running for President, what would
you look for in choosing someone to be vice-
president?
POP QUIZ!!!!!!!!!!
B –The House of Representatives
A –The Senate
C –The Presidency
D –San Gabriel Academy
Who does the Vice President preside over?
If the President dies, or resigns, or is removed from office
by impeachment, the _____________ automatically
succeeds to the office
B –Speaker of the House
A-Adam Brown
C –Vice President
D –Senate Pro Temp
Who is next in line for the
presidency after the Vice
President?
B –Speaker of the House
A-The Cabinet heads
C –Vice President
D –Senate Pro Temp
Who fixed the order of
succession after the Vice
President?
B –The Constitution
A-The Supreme Court
C –Congress
D –Senate Pro Temp
The current Vice President of
the United States is?
B –Eric Holdom
A-Bonny Tang
C –Bob Kerry
D –Joe Biden
Who is next in line for the
presidency after the speaker of
the House?
B –Speaker of the House
A-The Cabinet heads
C –Vice President
D –Senate Pro Temp
What amendment to the Constitution states when a
Vice President can be a ACTING president?
B –Nineteenth Amendment
A-Twenty Fifth Amendment
C –Fourteenth Amendment
D –Eleventh Amendment
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