Qualifications/Reguirements for running for president:
1. 35 plus years of age
2. Natural born U.S
3. Resident for at least 14 years Roles/Duties of President 3.
Theories of the Presidency:
1. Stewardship
2. Whig (constitution)
_____________ -President expected to be strong. Yet seemingly larger than what is stated in the Constitution
_______________narrow on the roles and duties. The president is only allowed to do what is stated in the constitution
Two-Presidencies Thesis":
� Two in one
� Deals with domestic (Pres) and Domestic (V.C)
Executive Office of the President (EOP):
� OMB- OFFice of management and budget
� Office of economic advisers
� White house staff
� National Security Council
� Science and Technology
� Council of econ adviser
Impeachment and Process.
: initiated by the house. Trial is held in senate
Pocket Veto:
- can become law without a sign when congress is in session after 10 days
Electoral System:
Texas has 38 electoral votes
The three last votes are for the District of Columbia
Pres must have 270 electoral votes to have a chance
Executive Agreement:
� Agreement pasted without the consent of senate
� Agreement between leaders
Treaty :
� Is a formal agreement that does require senate approval
Executive Order
� Different, president orders the federal bureaucracy
Minimum Electoral Votes for Presidential Candidates:
� War 270, Minimum allowed votes to become presidency
War Powers Act of 1973:
� 60-70's
� Only congress wanted its power back for war
� Purpose of this was to limit pres discretion in going to war
� Vietnam is an example
� Must inform congress within 48 hr
� More than 60 days passed it must be extended by them for 90 days
Eisenhower Farewell Address:
reference to the "military-industrial complex," is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Its meaning has been analyzed and debated by historians ever since. ___________ President delivered the speech on January 17, 1961
First Televised Presidential Debate (1960):
This was the ____________ and involved Nixon vs. Kennedy
Presidential Ticket
� Doma
� Full faith and credit - public documents still legal throughout the united states
Parliamentary System
� Proportional rep
� Not a direct vote for pres
� Great Britain is an example
� The party has the power
� This was not wanted by the founding fathers
Presidential system
� is a system of government where a head of government is also head of state and leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch.
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
-nation states didn't exist before this time. Known as the beginning of nation states or the first agreement in international law
League of Nations (post WWI)
� Created after world war one
� Wouldn't join due to congress
Bretton Woods Agreement
� 1=35 ounces of gold
� Fixed rate system