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Today’s Essential Questions:

Today’s Essential Questions:. How does the Executive Branch work? . The Executive Branch. Unit 4. Why do you think the presidency is called a Glorious Burden??. Who assists the President?.

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Today’s Essential Questions:

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  1. Today’s Essential Questions: • How does the Executive Branch work?

  2. The Executive Branch Unit 4

  3. Why do you think the presidency is called a Glorious Burden??

  4. Who assists the President? • When George Washington was President, people recognized that one person could not carry out the duties of the President without advice and assistance.

  5. The President receives help from the: • Vice President • Cabinet Members • Heads of Independent and Executive Agencies. • Unlike the powers of the President, their responsibilities are not defined in the Constitution.

  6. The Executive Branch

  7. The Presidency I Want you to learn about the Executive Branch! So, listen to Mr. Riberdy , one of this nations greatest teachers!

  8. I need to have all these Qualifications!!!!

  9. The Vice President You have a distinct old man smell, get away from me…… As soon as these cameras are gone so am I….

  10. Presidential Succession • Eight U.S. presidents have died while in office. One president resigned. In each case, the vice president took the oath of office and became president as provided by the Constitution.

  11. William H. Harrison, Natural Causes John Tyler, Vice President

  12. Zachary Taylor, Natural Causes Millard Fillmore, Vice President

  13. Abraham Lincoln, Assassinated Andrew Johnson, Vice President

  14. James A. Garfield, Assassinated Chester Author, Vice President

  15. William McKinley, Assassinated Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President

  16. Warren Harding, Natural Causes Calvin Coolidge, Vice President

  17. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Natural Causes Harry Truman, Vice President

  18. John F. Kennedy Assassinated Lyndon Johnson, Vice President

  19. Twenty-fifth Amendment • adopted in 1967 • new president nominates a new vice president • Nomination must then be approved by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.

  20. The Order of Presidential Succession • The Vice President • The Speaker of the House • The President pro tempore of the Senate • Members of the president’s cabinet in the order in which their departments were created

  21. Powers and Duties of the President

  22. Powers and Duties of the President • Chief Executive Officer of the United States

  23. Powers and Duties of the President • Prepares annual budget for Congressional approval

  24. Powers and Duties of the President • Appoints Cabinet Officers, Ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges

  25. Powers and Duties of the President • Approves and Vetoes Legislation

  26. Powers and Duties of the President • Negotiates Treaties • October 26, 1994 Peace Treaty Signing: Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President Bill Clinton, King Hussein of Jordan

  27. Powers and Duties of the President • Administers the Federal Bureaucracy

  28. Powers and Duties of the President • The State of the Union Address

  29. Powers of the President

  30. Commander and Chief • Commands all of the armed forces

  31. Chief Legislator • Proposer of the legislative agenda • Recommends laws to Congress • Approves or Vetoes bills

  32. Chief Financial Planner • Head of the Executive Branch of U.S. Government • Prepares the Budget • Recommends laws to help the community

  33. Chief of State • Ceremonial head of the U.S. Government from the President

  34. Judicial Powers • Appoints federal Judges • Grants reprieves/Pardons

  35. Chief of Party • leader of a political party • helps the party raise money • Campaigns for party members

  36. Chief Citizen • Representative of the American People

  37. Checks and Balances

  38. Executive Branch checks on the Legislative Branch • Vetoes laws • Calls Congress into special session I called you all here today because I can!!

  39. Executive Branchchecks on the Judicial Branch • Appoints federal judges John Roberts at his nomination for the Supreme Court with President George Bush. OOHH Pick me pick me pick me

  40. Legislative Branch Checks Powers OVER the President Senate approves treaties and presidential appointments *The House of Representatives appropriates money *Congress can override veto Congress can impeach and convict the President and Vice President BUT..I WAS THE PRESIDENT!! AGGH! I HATE RULE OF LAW!

  41. Judicial Branch Checks Powers over the President The Supreme Court can rule Executive Acts unconstitutional Hey What Do You Expect..we only have one document to use here! Just follow it! Geez

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