POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 102
• Professor: Jason Rose

Document Summary

Establishes the rules & requirements for the executive branch. Sec 1 - the president & vp are required to be elected every 4 years by an electoral college. Sec 2 - established that the president serves as a commander-in-chief of the military, & as the nation"s chief diplomat, make treaties (with senate advice & consent ), appoint federal judges (senate), grant reprieves & pardons. Sec 3 - state of the union. Sec 4 - impeachment for conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes & No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice . 25th amendment: succession procedure (fixes ambiguous wording of article ii) Vp speaker of teh house president pro tempore of the senate secretary of state . Commander in chief of the armed forces. Approves or vetoes all bills passed by congress. State of the union - inform congress. Prepares the budget of the federal gov"t (w/omb & federal agencies for congress)