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President qualifications |
age: 35 Natural born citizen Live in U.S. for 14 years |
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Jus Soli |
Born ON SOIL |
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Jus Sanguinis |
Born BY BLOOD |
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Presidential Term Salary?? |
2 Terms -4 year terms -10 year max $400,000 |
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22nd Amendment |
10 year max, FDR broke the no-third-term tradition |
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VP? |
Joe Biden President of Senate |
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25th Amendment |
VP takes over |
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Presidential Succession Act of 1947 |
Speaker of the house takes over after VP |
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25th Amendment regarding disablity |
President or Vice President AND Majority of cabinet decide. Congress must approve./ |
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Electoral Votes=? |
the number of senators + representatives |
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How many votes to be elected president |
270 votes(50.1%) |
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Executive Power: Ordinance Power |
Power to issue an executive order (Directive, rule, regulation that has the effect of the law) |
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Executive Power: Appointment Power
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President appoints ambassadors, judges, cabinet members, heads of agencies like CIA, FBI, FDA, etc. |
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Executive Power: Removal Power
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President can dismiss anyone he appoints EXCEPT THE JUDGES |
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Heads of agencies like CIA, FBI, FDA, etc have to with ? |
Executive branch |
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What's diplomatic immunity? |
Individual not responsible for obeying laws but is responsible for behaving properly |
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Presidential legislative powers? |
Pres. likes law, he signs it. Pres. doesn't like law, he vetoes it. |
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Judicial Power: Reprieve |
Postponement/delay of a sentence |
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Judicial Power: Pardon
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Legal forgiveness |
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Judicial Power: Commutation |
Reduce the length of a sentence |
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Judicial Power: Amnesty |
Pardon to a group |
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Cabinet members |
Appointed by president, confirmed by senate The president is not required to follow their advice |
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President as Chief Diplomat: Foreign Policy |
Based on presidents attitude and thoughts on issues regarding other country (diplomatic, military, economic, social) |
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Visa |
Permit to enter another country and must be issued by country you wish to enter. |
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Passport |
Certificate issued by a gov't to its citizens who travel or live abroad |
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Commander in Chief |
President |
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CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
