Chapter 13 Section 2

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Chapter 13 Section 2

• Objective To understand the process of
  Presidential succession

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A. The Constitution and Succession

• 1. If a President dies, resigns, or is removed
  from office, the Vice President succeeds to the
  office.
• 2.After the Vice President, the order of
  succession is Speaker of the House, President Pro
  Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, and
  the other 14 cabinet members in order of
  establishment

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B. Presidential Disability

• 1. If the President is disabled, the Vice
  President may temporarily assume the duties of
  the office.
• 2. The President may resume his duties by
  informing Congress that no inability exists.
• 3. The Cabinet and the Vice President may
  challenge the Presidents resumption of power.

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C. The Vice Presidency

• 1. The Constitutional duties of the Vice
  President are to preside over the Senate, help
  decide the question of Presidential disability,
  and to assume the Presidency if a vacancy is
  created.
• 2. The office of the Vice President has been
  treated as an unimportant onefor most of its
  history.

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D. The Importance of the Office

• 1. The Vice President must be ready to assume the
  Presidency at a moments notice.
• 2. If the office of VP is vacated, the President
  must nominate a new VP, the nomination must be
  confirmed by a majority of both houses of
  Congress.

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Which Presidents failed to serve out their term?
• WHH, ZT, AL, JG, WM, WGH, FDR,JFK, RN
• Who succeeded to the office?
• JT, MF, AJ, CAA, TR, CC, HST,LBJ, GF
• President GWB is what number president? 41, 43,
  48, 50 or 51