Structure & Function
Based on the 25th Amendment, this person takes over for the president if the president can no longer serve.
What is the Vice President?
The requirements to be Vice President mirror the requirements to be elected to this office as well.
What is the President?
This enumerated power means the President may reject bills passed in Congress.
What is veto?
In this role, the President may give a speech to help a party candidate get elected.
What is Party Leader?
What is to carry out/enforce the laws?
This Article in the Constitution establishes the powers of the Executive Branch.
What is Article II?
This requirement to run for office is in addition to being 35 years or older and a resident for at least 14 consecutive years.
What is being a natural-born citizen?
The president has the power to make treaties, or agreements, with other countries. This chamber of Congress must approve the treaty to make it official.
What is the Senate?
In this role, the President may sign executive orders, pardon an individual, or appoint a government official.
What is Chief Executive?
The 15 executive departments that advise the president are called this.
What is the Cabinet?
According to the Presidential Succession List, this person serves as president if the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of the House are all unable to serve.
What is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate?
The "electors" that choose the president are part of this.
What is the Electoral College?
The President has the power to appoint heads of executive agencies, Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and other government officials. This chamber of Congress must approve the appointment before they can be confirmed.
What is the Senate?
In this role, the president may plan the annual federal budget.
What is Economic Leader?
This is a speech the president is required to make to Congress to report on the "health" of the nation.
What is the State of the Union Address?
This chamber of Congress has the sole power to impeach, or accuse the president of wrongdoing. The vote only requires a simple majority.
What is the House of Representatives?
A presidential candidate needs this many electoral votes to win the presidency.
What is 270 out of 538 votes?
This enumerated power allows the President to reduce or remove a punishment for someone's crime.
What is pardon?
In this role, the President may sign treaties with other countries or appoint ambassadors.
What is Chief Diplomat?
The president's power may be checked by this branch of government when they refuse to fund a government program.
What is the Legislative Branch?
When the Senate holds a trial to determine if the president is guilty of wrongdoing, they need this number of votes to convict the president.
What is 67 out of 100 votes? (2/3 majority)
A state's electoral votes equals its number of this.
What is Senators + Representatives?
This is an example of a pardon that Mrs. Cremona discussed several times.
What is:
Trump pardoning Jan. 6 rioters,
Biden pardoning is own son,
Trump pardoning a woman who was imprisoned on marijuana charges (Help from Kim K),
Nixon pardoned by his Vice President for Watergate Scandal,
In this role, the President may welcome foreign leaders to the U.S. when they are visiting.
What is Head of State?
This act requires the president, acting as Commander in Chief, to inform Congress he has sent the troops into battle within 48 hours.
What is the War Powers Resolution of 1973?