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→Section 2. (Powers and roles of the President)
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* Appoints executive officers (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | * Appoints executive officers (with Senate concurrence (agreement)) | ||
* Appoints federal Judges (with Senate concurrence (agreement)}}'''<br> | * 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 '''{{#tip-text:Commander in Chief|Chief|Commander in Chief | ||
* a core problem with Continental Congress (under Articles of Confederation) was the absence of an executive who could give direct oversight of the military (instead, the military reported directly to the Congress) | |||
* the President assumes that role under the Constitution, however the power to declare war is reserved to the Congress | |||
* in the modern era, Congress has granted the executive branch authority to initiate hostilities (see the War Powers Act of 1973) | |||
* since WWII the United States has not formally declared War, despite engaging in numerous wars since WWII | |||
* thereby the President has assumed tremendous additional solitary powers of military and diplomatic action not envisioned by the original Constitution}}''' 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. | |||
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. | He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. | ||