1. Notebook Return Delayed:
Due to illness.
Please take out a separate piece
of paper.
You should have 2 so far:
1: Primary Election
2: General Election
3 (this one): Presidential Powers

2. DRAW A LINE SEPARATING TODAY &
YESTERDAY
1) Write: Date: 11/16/10, Topic: President Power
2) Next line, write “Opener #44” and then:
1) Write 1 high+1 low in last 24 hours
2) Rate your understanding of
yesterday: lost<1-5>too easy (3 is perfect)
3) Respond to the Opener by writing
at least 1 sentences about:
Your opinions/thoughts OR/AND
Questions sparked by the clip OR/AND
Summary of the clip OR/AND

4. Agenda
1) Wrap Up Election Sim
2) President Intro
What you will be able to do:
1) So what does the president do?
Reminder
1) No HW or test this week, best
wishes on your college apps!

5. Quiz (10 Points)
1) Clear desk of everything except a
writing tool
2) When done, turn quiz face down.
3) Circle
just the dots.
4) Quiz # 1

6. Review: Ways President Influences
Congress
a) Appeal to Media/Voters: Media
covers story, ppl listen to pres IF pres
is popular
b) Campaign For/Against Cong Rep:
Pres is a powerful campaign tool
c) Access to Pres/Parties: Going to
the White House is persuasive.
d) Do It Without Congress’
Permission:
i) Use signing statements to change
meaning of laws
ii) Use executive orders to order the
bureaucracy to do what you want
iii) Order military operations (60 days)

7. Notes #44a, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
1) Informal Powers inferred from: (Art 2:
“Take care…laws be faithfully
executed”)
a) Signing Statements: President gives his/her
opinion on how the law he/she signed should be
used
b) Executive Orders: Commands executive branch
(bureaucracy) to do/not to do something
c) Impoundment: Will not spend money congress
appropriates to something
d) Executive Privilege: Belief Pres can refuse to give
Congress or Courts info it thinks will impead Pres’
job in executing laws/security
e) Executive Agreements: Promise president makes

8. Notes #44a, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
1) Informal Powers inferred from: (Art 2:
“Take care…laws be faithfully
executed”)
a) Signing Statements: President gives his/her
opinion on how the law he/she signed should be
used

9. 1) Pretend to
be
Congress:
Write a law
2) Pretend to
be the
President.
Write a
signing
statement
(your
opinion or
extra orders
on the law)
Include your
signature!

10. Notes #44a, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
2) Informal Powers inferred from: (Art 2:
“Take care…laws be faithfully
executed”)
b) Executive Orders: Commands executive branch
(bureaucracy) to do/not to do something

12. Notes # 44a, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
2) Informal Powers inferred from: (Art 2:
“Take care…laws be faithfully
executed”)
d) Executive Privilege: Belief Pres can refuse to give
Congress or Courts info it thinks will impead Pres’
job in executing laws/security

13. Notes # 43a, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
2) Informal Powers inferred from: (Art 2:
“Take care…laws be faithfully
executed”)
e) Executive Agreements: Promise president makes
other nations

14. Journ. #44a, “Informal Powers”
Work with a partner, and write answers to these
questions (write their name at the end):
Congress passes a law that says “50 million
dollars will be appropriated to reduce teenage
pregnancy.” You are the President:
1) As you sign this into law, write a signing
statement giving your opinion of this law.
2) Give an executive order to the Dept of
Education, some specific action (Exec. Orders
are supposed always be connected to laws, but
Pres often orders anything, wait for ppl to
complain/sue if Pres has gone too far)

15. Review
Former Powers, all found in Art. 2 of
Constitution, pres power limited to:
a) “Take care…laws be faithfully executed”
b) Commander of military
c) Pick top bureaucratic officials, judges,
ambassadors
d) Make treaties
e) Control diplomatic recognition
f) Grant pardons
g) Give Cong. guidance in State of
Unions

16. Review
Informal Powers (Art 2: “Take care…laws
be faithfully executed”)
a) Signing Statements: President gives his/her
opinion on how the law he/she signed should be
used
b) Executive Orders: Commands executive branch
(bureaucracy) to do/not to do something
c) Impoundment: Will not spend money congress
appropriates to something
d) Executive Privilege: Belief Pres can refuse to give
Congress or Courts info it thinks will impead Pres’
job in executing laws/security
e) Executive Agreements: Promise president makes
other nations

17. "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will support and defend the Constitution of
the United States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; and that I will obey
the orders of the President of the United
States...”

26. Notes # 44b, Title: “Pres Powers Notes”
2) Ways Congress Influences President
a) Won’t Pass Laws Pres Wants: Pres then
can’t keep his/her promises (cut funding)
b) Investigations on Pres: Majority party in
Congress calls hearings on Pres and his staff
c) Impeachment: House (1/2): decides if
impeached, Senate (2/3): decides if kicked out
(possible to be impeached and stay in office,
2 have been impeached: Johnson, Clinton)

27. Journ. #44b, “Impeachments”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
CON: Impeach Rarely
1) Impeach only for serious
crimes, otherwise leaders
will only do what’s popular
2) Elections are when we
get rid of politicians
PRO: Impeach Often
1) Pres as
Commander in Chief,
like CEOs, if they fail at
Journ. fire them
2) People get fired based
on performance, so why
let someone ruin 4 yrs?

28. To Impeach:
1) 1/2 House
(found
“guilty”)
2) 2/3 of
Senate
(punishment:
removed
from
office?)

29. Journ. #44b, “Clinton Impeachment”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
CON: Don’t Impeach
1) Clinton lied about a
personal matter, not a
govt matter
2) This issue should
never have been asked
under oath (private
lawsuits should wait until
he’s out of office)
PRO: Impeach Clinton
1) Clinton lied under oath
about the affair
2) If pres can lie about
anything under oath, we
can’t trust he pres, the
law is the law

30. Notes #44c, Title: “POTUS Notes”
3) War Powers Act
Pres must tell Cong of military action in
48 hrs AND get permission if longer than
60 days (all pres ignore this)

31. Journ. #44d, “War Powers Act”
1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write
which you choose and explain why.
2) Then write down what your partner thinks
(include their name at the end).
1 2 3 4 5
CON: WPA is good
1) WPA keeps the president
from becoming too
powerful
2) If the Pres ever launched
an unpopular war, this is 1
of many tools to stop the
pres (other being Congress
shuts down war funding)
PRO: Get rid of the WPA
1) WPA limits Pres job to
secure our country, it’s a
unconstitutional limit
of commander in chief
2) Const. says Pres. is
“commander” and
commanders don’t have
limits.

33. Journal #44c, Title “Video: Bush Interview”
1) Copy Source Title: NBC-Matt
Lauer
2…) Discuss questions on the board
with a partner. Summarize your
discussion (include their name at the
end). Remember participation points
are deducted if off task.
5 Reading/Film Qs Come From These Journal Sections
Time Bookmark: 00:00

34. Test Review

35. Notes # 45a, Title: “Executive Branch Notes”
POTUS
(Executive
Branch)
White
House
Staff (Chief
of Staff,
Advisors,
1000+)
“West
Wing”
Cabinet: Dept
Secretaries
Departments +
Agencies
(Bureaucracy): 2 million
(4000 appointed, rest
thru merit+testing)

36. Notes # 45a, Title: “Executive Branch Notes”
POTUS
(Executive
Branch)
White
House
Staff:
Volunteer
for
campaign
Cabinet: Be powerful
Departments +
Agencies:
Study for civil exam
(usajobs.opm.gov)

37. President
Josiah Bartlet

38. President’s
Personal Assistant

39. Chief of Staff
Leo McGarry

40. Deputy Chief of Staff
Josh Lyman

41. Communications Director
Toby Ziegler

42. Press Secretary
C.J. Cregg

43. Deputy Communications
Director
Sam Seaborn

44. Democratic Party
President Candidate
Matt Santos

45. Campaign Manager
Josh Lyman

46. Journ. #45a, Title “West Wing APA
Notes”
1) Copy: Sorkin, Aaron. (1999). Shibboleth.
West Wing. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros.
2-X) From show, pick out quotes, ideas, or facts
that will support your response to the essay
prompt. At the very end, write the in text citation
format: (Sorkin, 2009).
Show Review Topic: How does this
episode of West Wing shape your view
+ wishes of the US Government?

47. On a the Essay Paper (Fill in ID, 20 Pts)
Essay Topic: How does this episode of
West Wing shape your view + wishes of the
US Government?
I don’t want you to think about essay
format or paragraph structure, just write.
What must be included:
1) Use of show references
(quotes/ideas) when they will support
what you say.
2) You must use cite each reference,
example: (Author, Pub Year).
3) Full APA Reference at the end (copy

48. On a the Essay Paper (Fill in ID, 20 Pts)
Essay Topic: How does this episode of
West Wing shape your view + wishes of the
US Government?
Example:
Bartlett in the Pilot Episode reminds us that
the role of government is to help people.
Where it gets challenging is which people do
we help? Do we help Cuban refugees who
risked their life to come to America (Sorkin,
2009.)? Laws must be enforced, but we
must be human in our actions as well.
References

49. On a the Essay Paper (Fill in ID, 20 Pts)
Essay Topic: How does this episode of
West Wing shape your view + wishes of the
US Government?
Example:
Bartlett in the Pilot Episode reminds us that
the government acts inconsistently and often
immaturely. Bartlett throws up
representatives of citizen groups because his
anger over an unrelated incident (Sorkin,
2009). A president needs to be able to make
decisions free of personal feelings.
References

50. Essay Topic: How does this episode of
West Wing shape your view + wishes of the
US Government?
What must be included:
1) Use of show references

51. TEST PROCEDURES
1) Bubble 4 last digits
of your student ID and
write your name,
period.
2) Remember to copy
“Title” from the test on to
your answer sheet.
3) Write your name on the
test itself, but do not
write anything else on it.
4) Leave Question 1 on
answer sheet blank
BEST WISHES!

52. TEST DEBRIEF
1) Make sure your test and scantron
have been turned in. No papers,
pens, pencils may be out.
2) For security reasons, your test will
be voided if any electronic devices or
note taking is seen during the
debrief. Thank you.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEST?

53. Homework:
1) Study for Test 2 that is on Friday