Date: March 22, 2011

Topic: The President

Aim: How does the President govern the United States?

Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions.

Obama

• Are individual personalities now more important than parties?

Bush

Can the President control public discussion?

Clinton, Reagan, Nixon

Does a president have to be “moral” in order to be a good president?

Nixon

Do Americans need a President to have trustworthy character?

Eisenhower

Must the modern President always be involved in everything or have a solution for everything?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

What role does confidence in the President have on American morale?

FDR

Does a lot of action and policy creation make a President “great”?

Can a President be “great” if not much is changed during their Presidency?

Constitutional Requirements

Qualifications

• Article II (TWO)

• “natural-born citizen”

• 14 years of US residency

• 35 years of age.

• THAT’S IT!!!

Constitutional Powers

• Powers/duties are very limited

• “executive power” – enact/enforce law

1. Military Power

2. Diplomatic Power

3. Appointment Power

4. Veto Power

March 23, 2011

• Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions

• Notes.

• Video Clip.

• Notes.

• Bank on a test the end of next week. Bank on a Chapter 14 vocabulary quiz next Monday 3/28 too!

Military Power

• Commander in Chief (civilian control)• President can send armed forces abroad

– Congress has not declared war since 12/8/1941– Korea, Vietnam, Iraq? – all Constitutional

• War Powers Resolution, 1973– President must report to Congress within 48 hours

after deployment. – If Congress does not OK in 60 days, must withdraw. – Check on president, attempt to limit president.

Diplomatic Power

• Create treaties with foreign nations with Senate permission, 2/3 Senate approval (advice and consent)

• Executive agreement – not permission needed, deal between heads of state, not binding to next administration

• Diplomatic Recognition – power to officially recognize foreign government as legitimate– Ex. 1917-1933 – USSR not recognized– Ex. 1949-1970s – China not recognized

Appointment Power

• Power to appoint ambassadors, public officers, and Supreme Court Judges with Senate approval (advice and consent).

• Civil Service – most government jobs under executive filled based on merit system.

John Roberts Harriet Miers John Bolton

Veto Power

• Veto – return the bill to house it originated

(no action within 10 days – bill becomes law)

Strengthening the Presidency

• Washington – set precedent for future

• Jackson – frequent use of veto power

• Lincoln – Commander and Chief to new levels of power during the Civil War

• FDR – huge influence on policy with New Deal, checked by Supreme Court

Executive privilege

• The right to privacy of conversation between advisors and prez

Why?

1. Separation of powers prevents branches from sharing internal workings

2. Privacy is needed for candid advice from advisors with out political pressure

Executive Privilege

US v. Nixon

- Nixon refused to hand over recorded conversations, claiming Exec. Privilege

- Court ruled in favor of US- EP can’t be used to block the

function of the federal court procedures

March 24, 2011

• Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions• Video Clip.• Notes. • Notes.• Remember the Congressional Committee

Assignment April 4th. • Chapter 12, 13, and 14 test on Friday, April 1, 2011.• Chapter 14 Vocabulary quiz on Monday March 28th. • Chapters 13 and 14 outlined for April 1st – your

issued textbook.

Impoundment

• Presidential practice of refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress.

• Budget Reform and Impoundment Act of 1974 – president must spend funds

YEAH! I IMPOUNDED!

The President as Morale Builder

• Symbolic importance (FDR – Great Depression, Bush – 9/11)

• Unify nation.

Agenda Setting

The President can control public policy and discussion through

• The media.

• State of the Union speech

• Make policy proposals.

• Encourage the Congress.

Executive Orders

• President issues executive orders that have the force of law.

• Ex: power to enforce the Constitution, treaties, laws, etc.a.) FDR – allowed Japanese

internment.b.) Truman – integrate military.c.) Eisenhower – desegregate

public schools.

Line-Item Veto?

• Should the President be able to veto certain parts of a bill, and not other parts?

• Clinton v. City of New York (1997) – Line-Item Veto Act 1996 found unconstitutional

I HATE YOU PIG!

Gridlock

• Divided government – President and Congress majority represent different political parties

• “gridlock” – the inability to accomplish goals– Con – government operation shuts down– Pro – slows the decision making process,

example of check and balance

March 25, 2011

• Do Now: Prepare yourself to watch a video on the Watergate Scandal the entire period.

• You need to know about Watergate.

• I have no question sheet however I can whip up an assignment pretty quickly so you are expected to watch the entire period.

March 28, 2011

• Do Now: Take out a sheet of loose-leaf for the vocabulary quiz on chapter 16.

• We will then work on some notes to complete chapter 13.

• Your test on Friday will be on chapters 12,13, and 16.

John Adams

• “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything”

1st Vice President 1789-1797

John Nance Garner

• “The vice presidency isn’t worth a warm pitcher of spit”

32nd Vice President(1933-1941)

Vice President

• Preside over the Senate, tie breaking vote

• Takes over the presidency if the President cannot finish term

• 12th Amendment – voters choose President and VP together– Previous to 1804, the losing

candidate became VP

MARCH 29, 2011

• Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions.

• Remember your due dates this week.

• Remember your test on Friday is on chapters 12,13, and 16. Good luck with that.

• Today 1. Go over some finishing touches on chapter 13. 2. Jump into chapter 16.

Theories of Managing the Presidency.

• “Pyramid” model – assistants answer to a hierarchy up to a chief of staff (few top advisors to president, president free but isolated)

• “Circular” model – direct contact with staff (many top advisors to president, president busy but connected) Ex: Kennedy

• Significance: determines what aids have the most influence on presidential decisions.

Executive Office of the President

• National Security Council – advises on military and foreign policy.

• Office of Management and Budget – prepares national budget, largest office.

• National Economic Council – advises with economic planning.

Jacob Lew – Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Gene Sperling – National Economic Council Director

The Cabinet

• 15 major department heads advising president.

• “Inner cabinet” – Secretary of State, treasury, attorney general, and defense.

Hillary Clinton – Secretary of State Robert Gates – Secretary of Defense

Presidential Disability and Succession

• 22nd Amendment – limited President to 2 terms, serving no more than 10 years.

• 25th Amendment – If the VP office is vacated, then the President can select a new VP.

HI I’M PRESIDENT FORD – I SERVED THE REST OF NIXONS TERM (2 PLUS YEARS)…IF I WAS ELECTED IN 1976 I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN AGAIN IN 1980 BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE GONE OVER THE 10 YEAR LIMIT!

The Presidential Succession Act of 1947

• Speaker of the House of Representatives • President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Attorney General • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of Health and Human Services • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development • Secretary of Transportation • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Education • Secretary of Veterans Affairs • Secretary of Homeland Security

Speaker – John Boehner

President Pro Tempore – Daniel Inouye

Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton

Secretary of the Treasury – Timothy Geithner

Secretary of Defense – Robert Gates

MATT STAIRS

Attorney General – Eric Holder

Secretary of the Interior – Ken Salazar

Secretary of Agriculture – Tom Vilsack

Secretary of Commerce – Gary Locke

Secretary of Labor – Gilda Solis

Impeachment

• House impeaches, Senate tries the president, Chief Justice presides over the trial.

• Two presidents impeached, neither removed (Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton).

HI!