Transcript 4 Constitution Day 2

Constitution Day 2
Article II- The Executive Branch
Section 1: President
A.
Term:
1.

4 year terms
Electoral College:
2.

popularly elected
representatives (electors) who
formally elect the president and
V.P.
Time of Elections:
3.

Congress determines time of
choosing electors
Section 1
4. Qualifications:
Natural born citizen, 35
or older, 14 years
resident of U.S.
5. Presidential Succession:
If removal, death, or
resignation occurs the
V.P. becomes president
Vice Presidents who became President





John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harrison
who died of pneumonia
Millard Fillmore succeeded Zachary Taylor
who died from illness
Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln
who was assassinated
Chester A. Arthur succeeded James Garfield
who was assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded William
McKinley who was assassinated
Vice Presidents who became President




Calvin Coolidge succeeded Warren G.
Harding who died of a heart attack
Harry S. Truman succeeded Franklin D.
Roosevelt who died of a cerebral hemorrhage
Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded John F.
Kennedy who was assassinated
Gerald Ford succeeded Richard Nixon who
resigned
Section 1
6. Salary:
Compensation does not go up or down while
they are in office
7. Oath of Office: "I do solemnly swear that I
will faithfully execute the Office of President
of the United States, and will to the best of
my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States."
Section 2: Military
1.
President is
Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy
2.
Treaties: Pres. has
power to make
treaties provided two
thirds of the Senators
concur
Section 3: Duties
a.
b.
c.
Give congress
information of the
State of the Union
Execute laws
Call both houses to
convene
Section 4: Impeachment


The President, Vice President
and all civil officers of the
United States, shall be
removed from office on
impeachment for, and
conviction of treason, bribery,
or other high crimes and
misdemeanors.
Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton
are the only 2 presidents to be
impeached
Article 3: Judicial Branch
Section 1: Supreme
Court
A.
-
The judicial power of
the United States, shall
be vested in one
supreme court
Section 2: Jurisdiction

The trial of all crimes,
except in cases of
impeachment, shall be
by jury
Section 3: Treason
a.
b.
Treason: levying war,
or in adhering to
enemies, giving them
aid and comfort
The Congress shall
have power to declare
punishment
Article 4: Relations among the States
Section 1: Full Faith
and Credit
A.

Each state is to honor
all other states
Section 2: State citizens, Extradition
States cannot take away rights from people
Extradition:
1.
2.

official process whereby one state surrenders a
suspected or convicted criminal to another state
Fugitive Slaves:
3.

runaway slaves shall be delivered back to owners
Section 3: New States
1.
2.
New States may be admitted by the Congress into
this Union
Federal Lands: Congress shall have power to
dispose of and make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or other property
belonging to the U.S.
Section 4: Republican Government

The United States shall guarantee to every state in
this union a republican form of government
Article 5: Amending the Constitution
A. The Congress,
whenever 2/3 of both
houses shall deem it
necessary, shall
propose amendments
and 3/4 needed to ratify
Article 6: National debts, supremacy of
national law, & oaths of office
A.
B.
C.
Section 1: All debts contracted entered into
(before the Adoption of this Constitution)
shall be as valid against the U.S.
Section 2: Constitution is the supreme law
of the land and judges are bound by this law
Section 3: Officers bound by oath