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→Article II (establishes the Executive branch and its powers, limits, and duties)
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=== Section 1. (Establishes the office the President)=== | === Section 1. (Establishes the office the President)=== | ||
'''{{#tip-text: Section 1.|Establishes the Executive branch (presidency) | '''{{#tip-text: Section 1.|Establishes the Executive branch (presidency) | ||
* sets the terms & requirements for the President (changed by 12th Amendment) | * sets the terms & requirements for the President (partially changed by 12th Amendment) | ||
* including the Electoral College (EC) | * including the Electoral College (EC) | ||
* EC= president selected by the states according to their representation in both houses of Congress | * EC= president selected by the states according to their representation in both houses of Congress | ||
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''"No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States."''}}'''; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the '''{{#tip-text:Age of thirty five Years|= eligibility for office for President | ''"No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States."''}}'''; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the '''{{#tip-text:Age of thirty five Years|= eligibility for office for President | ||
* this requirement is more than for the House and the Senate | * this requirement is more than for the House and the Senate | ||
* reflects the "republican | * that Representatives must be 25 and the Senators 30 reflects the concepts of "checks and balances" and the "republican principle," which held that the people should be governed by virtuous rulers (assumes that the older are the more virtuous)}}''', and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. | ||
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. | In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. | ||