Constitution Day 2

Article II- The Executive Branch

A. Section 1: President1. Term:

4 year terms

2. Electoral College: popularly elected

representatives (electors) who formally elect the president and V.P.

3. Time of Elections: Congress determines time of

choosing electors

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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

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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. Give congress information of the State of the Union

b. Execute laws

c. 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

A. Section 1: Supreme Court

- 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. Treason: levying war, or in adhering to enemies, giving them aid and comfort

b. The Congress shall have power to declare punishment

Article 4: Relations among the States

A. Section 1: Full Faith and Credit

Each state is to honor all other states

Section 2: State citizens, Extradition1. States cannot take away rights from people

2. Extradition: official process whereby one state surrenders a

suspected or convicted criminal to another state

3. Fugitive Slaves: runaway slaves shall be delivered back to owners

Section 3: New States

1. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union

2. 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 ConstitutionA. 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 officeA. Section 1: All debts contracted entered into

(before the Adoption of this Constitution) shall be as valid against the U.S.

B. Section 2: Constitution is the supreme law of the land and judges are bound by this law

C. Section 3: Officers bound by oath