<p>The Executive Branch: 13.1 “The President’s Job Description” </p><p>• The President’s Roles: </p><p>• Whoever holds the office of President must fill a number of different roles. </p><p>1. Chief of State- </p><p>2. Chief Executive- </p><p>3. Chief Administrator- </p><p>4. Chief Diplomat- </p><p>5. Commander in Chief- </p><p>6. Chief Legislator- </p><p> ex:) </p><p>7. Chief of Party- </p><p>8. Chief Citizen- </p><p>• Formal Qualifications: </p><p>1.</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>2.</p><p>3. </p><p>• President’s Term: </p><p>• The Framers considered a number of different limits on the length of presidential terms.</p><p>• It was agreed that the each term would be 4 years.</p><p>• After 2 terms, George Washington refused to seek a third. </p><p>– –</p><p>–</p><p>• Compensation: </p><p>• Congress determines the President’s salary.</p><p>-</p><p>• Currently $______per year.</p><p>-$______per year expense allowance</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>-Health and Dental</p><p>Presidential Succession and the Vice President: 13.2 </p><p>• The Constitution and Succession: </p><p>• Presidential Succession: </p><p>• Originally, the Constitution did not provide for succession of the Vice President.</p><p>-</p><p>-In practice, the V.P ______succeed to the office when it became vacant. (John Tyler 1841) </p><p>• What had been practiced became part of the Constitution with the______.</p><p>“In case of the removal of the President from office or of death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.”</p><p>• Congress also fixes the order of succession.</p><p>• This was determined by the ______</p><p>1. Vice President</p><p>2. Speaker of the House</p><p>3. President pro tempore of the senate 4. Secretary of State</p><p>…and then followed by the cabinet heads in the order in which the offices were created.</p><p>• Presidential Disability: </p><p>• Neither the Constitution nor Congress had made any provision for deciding when a President was disabled.</p><p>• There was also nothing to indicate who would make such a decision.</p><p>(ex:) Eisenhower, Garfield, Wilson</p><p>• Sections 3 and 4 of the 25th Amendment fill the disability gap.</p><p>• The Vice President is to become Acting President if:</p><p>1)</p><p> or</p><p>2)</p><p>*(Has only come into play twice)</p><p>• The Vice Presidency: </p><p>• “I am the Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” -</p><p>• Not a very important job.</p><p>• Often the Vice President is the butt of late night jokes.</p><p>• Importance of the Office: </p><p>• The Constitution pays little attention to the office of Vice President.</p><p>• Two formal duties:</p><p>1.</p><p>2. *Usually the Presidential candidate will pick a V.P. that helps to ______</p><p>Balance the Ticket: </p><p>• Vice Presidential Vacancy: </p><p>• The Vice Presidency has been vacated 18 times</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>• It was until 1967 when the 25th Amendment acknowledged this.</p><p>• If the Vice Presidency is open, the President will nominate a new V.P.</p><p>• That nomination must be approved by a majority in both houses of Congress</p><p>• Provision was first implemented in 1973.</p><p>•</p><p>•</p>