Article 2 Flashcards
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Pardon
Pardons are controversial. The president has the power to change their sentance. Party’s will also use it to their advantage.
Article 2
Article 2 is the second article in the constitution
president
a president is on a 4 year term and has many jobs. The president has to be the chief legislator, cheif executive, comander in cheif, cheif of state, cheif of party
Run the federal government
Pass laws
Suggest laws
etc
Natural born citizen
35 years old
Resident for 14 yr
Vice president
the vice president takes over if the president dies and helps with the senate
canadaite
someone running for office
Term age
(the president is elected for 4 years)
Cheif of state
state means country
travels to foreign countries
is the head of the country
cheif of party
Head of political party
Comander in cheif
in charge of the military
makes desions for wars (what troops to send out)
Cheif executive
-dept of education
transport
all cabinet departments
Cheif legislator
head of stopping laws
head of approving laws
most of what you hear in the news
Electoral College
A compromise between direct people and Congress selecting the President.
Our system of electing a president
each state gets 2 and others depending on how big you state is. (maine has 4)
Electors
in the electoral college there is 435 reps, 100 senators + 3 from DC = 538 members.
When running, you have your get 270 votes to win
popular vote
v.s
legal/electoral vote
In the running for president, you can have more people in the country vote for you but in the electoral college, have more votes towards your opponent. Therefore your opponent would win because they had more votes in the electoral college
cabinet
in the cabinet their are 15 departments that are run by secretaries. each on the president run with the secretaries.
State of the union speech
Once a year, the president communicates with the country on how we’re doing. Everyone is there (you can watch it on tv) and there is a designated survivor in case of a terroist attack
25th amendment
how we replace a presedent.
Vice presedent
Speaker of the house
Presedent pro tempor
Cabinet
25th Amendment
of the president dies, their is a list of people that are in line for the president. the person has to be approved by congress and technically you can serve 10 years
Diplomat
Leaders from our country who help solve problems peacefully
Total number of electoral college votes
538 electors
What are the steps to electing a president
People vote in each state
Winner-take-all in most states
Number of electors based on the number of Senators and Reps
Maine = four electors
Electors meet and vote in the Electoral College
270 or more to win
How many amendment are there in all?
27 amendments
