Answer to Question 1
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Describe the Twenty-Fifth Amendment as allowing for a clear line of presidential succession, as establishing procedures for filling the vice presidency if it should become vacant, and of establishing procedures for removing a president who has become incapacitated.
2. Explain that the vice presidency had been vacant for about one-fifth of the nation's history. Explain the congressional concerns when Lyndon Johnson became president (leaving the vice presidency vacant) after having had a recent heart attack.
Answer to Question 2
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the Cabinet is an advisory group selected by the president and approved by Congress. Members head major executive departments. Their major function is to help the president execute the laws and assist him in making decisions. The size of the Cabinet has increased, but its power has decreased over time.
2. Note that the White House staff, which includes the chief of staff, is close to the president. Their loyalties are to the president and their power is from their personal relationship with the president.
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