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GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• PRESIDENTIAL OATH:
• “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”
EXECUTIVE POWERS
• POWERS GRANTED BY ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION
• PRESIDENTIAL ROLES:
• COMMANDER IN CHIEF, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR,
FOREIGN POLICY LEADER, CHIEF AGENDA-SETTER, CHIEF OF STATE
• CAN GRANT PARDONS, SIGN/ VETO LAWS, CALL CONGRESS INTO
SESSION, MAKE TREATIES
• APPOINT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, FEDERAL JUDGES, AND
AMBASSADORS (WITH SENATE APPROVAL)
• EACH YEAR, POTUS DELIVERS A “STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS”
• SERVES A 4 YEAR TERM; MAX OF 2 TERMS (22ND AMENDMENT)
PRESIDENTIAL
IMPEACHMENT
• IMPEACHMENT REVIEW:
• HOUSE OF REPS HAS POWER IMPEACH (A. JOHNSON AND W. CLINTON)
• SENATE HAS POWER TO KICK OUT OF OFFICE (NEVER HAPPENED)
• CAN BE IMPEACHED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
• TREASON, BRIBERY, OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
• JOHNSON: ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE I OF CONSTITUTION
• NIXON: PERJURY, ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, BRIBERY, AND MORE!
• CLINTON: ALLEGED PERJURY
• EXTREMELY RARE IN REALITY; VERY COMMON IN RHETORIC
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS
CABINET MEMBERS ARE HEADS OF THE:
• STATE DEPARTMENT • DEPT. OF HEALTH AND
• TREASURY DEPT. HUMAN SERVICES
• DEPT. OF DEFENSE • DEPT. OF HOUSING AND
• DEPT. OF JUSTICE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
• DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR • DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
• DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE • DEPT. OF ENERGY
• DEPT. OF LABOR • DEPT. OF EDUCATION
• DEPT. OF COMMERCE • DEPT. OF HOMELAND
• DEPT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SECURITY
• DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THESE
MEMORIZED? IT’S NOT THAT EASY
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=-YDS7HGO_IK
• IT WAS THE DEPT. OF ENERGY HE WAS THINKING OF
CABINET DEPT. PROJECT
• CIVIL CASES - SUE, DIVORCE, CONTRACTS, ANY CASE THAT DOES NOT
INVOLVE A CRIME
• CRIMINAL CASES - RARE AT SCOTS; CRIME MUST HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
• PLAINTIFF - PERSON WHO BROUGHT CASE TO COURT
• PROSECUTOR - REPRESENTS CITY, STATE, PEOPLE IN A CRIMINAL CASE
• DEFENDANT - THE PERSON ON TRIAL
JUDICIAL BRANCH PROJECT