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* "execute" means "to carry out" | * "execute" means "to carry out" | ||
* therefore the "executive branch" is to "carry out" (execute) the laws | * therefore the "executive branch" is to "carry out" (execute) the laws | ||
* this core separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches avoids the problems of abuse by overlapping powers of a powerful executive}} | * this core separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches avoids the problems of abuse by overlapping powers of a powerful executive}}''' | ||
=== Section 1. (Establishes the office the President)=== | === Section 1. (Establishes the office the President)=== | ||
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* Chief diplomat (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | * Chief diplomat (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | ||
* Appoints executive officers (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | * Appoints executive officers (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | ||
* Appoints federal Judges (with Senate concurrence (agreement | * Appoints federal Judges (with Senate concurrence (agreement)}}'''<br> | ||
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. | The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. | ||
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The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. | The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. | ||
=== | === Section 3. (Requirements & duties of the presidency)=== | ||
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. | He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States. | ||