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→Article II (establishes the Executive branch and its powers, limits, and duties)
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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 | ||
* that Representatives must be 25 and the | * that Representatives must be 25 years old, Senators 30 and the President 35 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. | '''{{#tip-text: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| Sets the order of succession as: | ||
*# Vice President | |||
*#. As decided by Congress if both the President and Vice President die, resign, removed or cannot serve ("Inability to discharge the Powers") | |||
* in such case that Congress replaces the President and Vice President will be "acting until either that original person recovers ("until the Disability be removed") or a new election is held | |||
* the 25th amendment clarifies the transition of power to the Vice President and the conditions under which a President can be declared unable to fulfill the duties ("discharge") of 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. | |||
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. | The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. | ||