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Jan 01, 2016
• Baseball Player
• Bus Boycott
• Supreme Court Justice
• Secretary of State
• “any means necessary”
Stats- Demographics
• 98% white
• 100% male
• 98% Protestant (all but JFK)
• Occupations- many lawyers
• Salary- $400,000
22nd Amendment.
• The 22nd Amendment Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
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Presidential Succession
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• Remainder of Cabinet Positions in order of Creation
• The Vice President Joseph Biden
• Speaker of the House John Boehner
• President pro tempore of the Senate1 Orin Hatch
• Secretary of State John Kerry
• Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew
• Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter
• Attorney General Eric Holder
• Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel
• Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
• Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
• Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro
• Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
• Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
• Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald
• Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
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When is Succession Necessary?• Death of President
– John Tyler - death of William Henry Harrison – Millard Fillmore - death of Zachary Taylor – Harry Truman - death of Franklin Roosevelt
• Assassination– Andrew Johnson - assassination of Abraham Lincoln – Chester Arthur - assassination of James Garfield – Theodore Roosevelt - assassination of William McKinley – Lyndon Johnson - assassination of John Kennedy
When is Succession Necessary?
• Resignation– Gerald Ford - resignation of Richard Nixon
• Incapacitation- 25th amendment– George Bush for Ronald Reagan for 8 hours
25th Amendment
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• Defines process by which President may be deemed incapacitated
Impeachment Process
• House needs a majority vote to “impeach” the President.
• Sends Articles of Impeachment to Senate.
• Senate conducts trial presided over by Chief Justice
• 2/3 Senate vote required to “convict” the President
Clinton’s Impeachment
• House Votes to Impeach– 228-206 vote (perjury)– 221-212 vote (obstruction of justice)
• Senate Votes to Acquit (67 to convict)– 45-55 (perjury)– 50-50 (obstruction of justice)
Presidential Stand-Outs
• Only President never elected President or VP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Roles of PresidentRoles of President1. Chief Executive
2. Chief Diplomat
3. Commander in Chief
4. Legislative Leader
5. Head of State
6. Economic Leader
7. Party Leader
Scenario 1
• Woodrow Wilson in 1918 met with world leaders in Versailles to discuss the end of WWI and write a treaty.
Which role?
Scenario 4
• Kennedy sends national guard troops to University of Alabama when Governor Wallace refuses to allow the admittance of two black students despite the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.
Which role?
Scenario 5
• Bush attends ceremony in Belgium to commemorate the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.
Which role?
Questions??Questions??1. Chief Executive
2. Chief Diplomat
3. Commander in Chief
4. Legislative Leader
5. Head of State
6. Economic Leader
7. Party Leader
Criminal Justice
• Pardon-forgiveness of a crime
• Amnesty- pardoning a group of people
• Reprieve- temporary postponement of punishment
• Commutation- lessening the penalty
Domestic
• Veto
• Executive Order- carries the weight of law without going through the legislative process
International
• Treaty- requires 2/3 Senate approval
• Executive Agreement- does not require Senate approval
• Recognition- formal acceptance of a states existence and opening of diplomatic relations
Vice President
• 12th Amendment- separate vote for VP
• Constitutional Jobs– President of the Senate– Succeed President when necessary
Vice President
• 12th Amendment- separate vote for VP
• Constitutional Jobs– President of the Senate– Succeed President when necessary
• California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and New Jersey
What state has the longest winning streak for voting for the candidate that ends up being elected President?ArkansasMissouriOhioTennessee