Overview of the Presidency (Introduction)

Presidential Unit: Day II

Sign-up dates for current event presentation (starting this upcoming Monday)

Partner presentation Select a current event to present to the class that

involves some form of government action.

Give details: what exactly occurred in the event, when/where/who was involved, what implications this has for American society and government policy?

Objective: SWBAT define presidential requirements, terms, compensation, and succession and analyze the Constitutional roots of each.

DOL: Given a multiple choice/constructed response exit ticket, SW (80% accuracy) Identify the correct response

Write a 2-3 sentence justification for each using evidence from the Constitution

Natural-born citizen Born as US citizen

At least 35 years of age Roosevelt youngest at

42

Reagan oldest at 69 Residency for at least

14 years Does not have to be

consecutive

Read Handout: Excerpt from Perkins v. Eng. (1939)

Explain Pierrepont’s definition of “natural born citizen” and eligibility to run for President of the United States.

Read Federalist 71 by Alexander Hamilton.

Answer reading questions throughout.

22nd Amendment (Congress passed in March, 1947 and ratified Fed. 1951)

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. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Paraphrase the four major provisions of the 22nd

Amendment.

Precedent set by George Washington.

Read Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) and answer reading questions.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 –April 12, 1945)

Served three terms, won four elections.

Lyndon Johnson (1963)

Vice president 1961

Allowed to run twice.

Gerald Ford (1974)

Nixon’s term began in 1973, took over for Spiro Dec. 6, 1973.

Allowed to run once.

Set by Congress. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a

compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument (compensation) from the United States, or any of them.

Paraphrase the selection from Article II Section I about presidential compensation.

Speaking fees Writing memoirs Serving on corporate boards of directors

If a pay raise were to affect Obama in his second term, by when would it have to be passed?

Inauguration Date: Monday, January 21, 2012

25th Amendment Read the text and paraphrase each section of the 25th Amendment

Invoked six times since ratification: Gerald Ford as V.P (1973) when Spiro Agnew resigned from the

office of V.P. Gerald Ford as President (1974) Nelson Rockefeller as V.P. (1974) when Gerald Ford became

president George H.W. Bush (1985) to take over for Reagan after

assassination attempt Dick Cheney (2002, 2007) while George W. bush underwent a

colonoscopy.

1) According to the term limits imposed by the Constitution

1) The president cannot be elected to the office of president more than twice

2) The president and vice president cannot serve more than two terms in office

3) The president and his cabinet cannot serve more than eight years in office

4) The president cannot be elected to more than four terms of office (Roosevelt)

5) There are no limits on the number of terms a president may serve by tradition, since George Washington’s refusal to serve a third term, president’s only serve two terms.

All of the following are constitutional requirements to become president except:

1) Natural-born citizen

2) 35 years old

3) Resident for 14 years in Washington D.C.

4) A resident of the United States for 14 years

3) Write a detailed description to explain presidential compensation.▪ Which body of government sets the president’s salary?

▪ When can a salary change take into effect?