29. ARTICLE TWO: EXECUTIVE BRANCH

30. WHO IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES?

• THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

31. WHO HAS POWER TO GRANT PARDONS?

• THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

• Under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.

• "The President ... shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."

WHAT IS A PARDON?• GETTING SOMEONE OUT OF TROUBLE!

32. WHO NOMINATES CHIEF JUSTICES TO THE SUPREME COURT?• THE PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES

33. WHO MUST APRROVE THE NOMINATIONS?

• THE SENATE

35. WHO HAS THE POWER TO MAKE TREATIES?

36. WHO MUST APPROVE THE TREATIES AND BY HOW MUCH?

• CONGRESS• WITH A 2/3 VOTE

37. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENTS TERM?

38. WHAT IS THE MAIN DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT?• TO ENFORCE LAWS

40. THE PRESIDENT IS OFFICIALLY ELECTED BY THE…

• ELECTORAL COLLEGE

THE PEOPLE GO TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND CAST THEIR VOTE FOR A SLATE OF ELECTORS!• EACH CANDIDATE SUBMITS A SLATE OF

ELECTORS TO EACH STATE• THE PARTY OF THE CANDIDATES WHO

WIN THE MOST POPULAR VOTES IN A STATE THEREBY ELECTS ITS SLATE OF ELECTORS.

• LOSING CANDIDATES WIN NO ELECTORS!

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS MADE UP OF 538 ELECTORS

• THE MAGIC NUMBER, TO WIN THE ELECTION IS 270 ELECTORAL VOTES

• IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY POPULAR VOTES YOU HAVE!

• THE MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS HAVE TO VOTE FOR YOU!!!!!!!

34. THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF….• SENATORS AND REPRESENTATICES TO

WHICH THE STATE MAY BE ENTITLED

• OHIO HAS 20 ELECTORS• 2 senators plus 18 house members

WHAT ABOUT OHIO?

WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLAGE?

• The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote.

• The people of the United States vote for the elector who then vote for the President

WHO ELECTS ELECTORS?

• Generally, the political parties nominate electors at their State party conventions or by a vote of the party's central committee in each State.

WHAT ARE POLITICAL PARTIES

• A political party is a group people who share the same ideas about the way the country should be governed

Which party do you belong to?

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Republican Party

• One of the two major political parties of the United States.

• The Republican Party traditionally supports limited government in economic affairs, lower taxes, and conservative social policies. The party's traditional symbol is the elephant

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Democratic Party

• One of the two major political parties of the United States.

• The Democratic Party historically has represented organized labor, minorities, and progressive reformers. The party's traditional symbol is the donkey.

• During the 1930s it adopted the song "Happy Days Are Here Again" as its theme.

41. CAN THE PRESIDENT MAKE LAWS?

NO!

MORE ARTICLE ONE STUFF…

• 42. WHAT IS THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

• 2 YEARS

43. What is the term of office for a Senator?

44. How does Congress promote the arts and sciences?

• The Congress shall have the power . . . To Promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries

• U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 8

• Article I, Section 8, Clause 8

45. A bill becomes a law when…

• If any bill shall not be returned by the president within 10 days, after it shall be presented, the bill becomes a law

46. After a bill passes in Congress, it is sent to :

• THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW