The Role and Functions of the US President.

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Jessica McKinley

Period 6th

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. What are the roles and qualifications of the office of the President?

The formal qualifications for the President is to be a natural born citizen of the U.S., have attained the age of 35 years, have been fourteen years a resident within the U.S. The president has 8 roles: chief of state, chief executive, chief administrator, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator, chief of party, and chief citizen.

2. A) How does the President function as chief of state?

The President is chief of State, he is the ceremonial head of the government of the U.S. He is then the symbol of all the people of the nation. The president both reigns and rules.

B) In what manner might this role be performed simultaneously with those of chief diplomat and chief citizen?

The president must play all these roles simultaneously and they are all interconnected. The manner in which a President play any one roles can have a real effect on his or her ability to play another and even all of them. His role of chief of state is to be the symbol of all the people of the nation which goes along with being a chief citizen. The chief diplomat also goes with that by being the chief spokesman. In all cases, he his expected to be the represent all the people.
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3. A) Which to presidential roles do not come from the constitution?

The roles of chief of party and chief citizen.

B) How did they come about?

These roles were not included into the constitution because they are obvious roles that the president has. These roles simultaneously go along with the other roles that were written into the constitution. The constitution does not mention anything about political parties so that is why it is not written as on of his roles. The chief citizen runs along with the chief of state and chief diplomat. ...

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