Article 2 establishes the second of the three branches of government, the Executive Branch.
Section 1 establishes the office of the President and the Vice-President, and sets their terms to be four years. Presidents are elected by the Electoral College, whereby each state has one vote for each member of Congress. Originally, the President was the person with the most votes and the Vice-President was the person with the second most, though this is later changed. Certain minimum requirements are established again, such as a 35-year minimum age. Presidents must also be a natural-born citizen of the United States
Section 2 gives the President some important powers. He is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and of the militia (National Guard) of all the states; he has a Cabinet to aid him, and can pardon criminals. He makes treaties with other nations, and picks many of the judges and other members of the government (all with the approval of the Senate).
Section 3 establishes the duties of the President: to give a state of the union address, to make suggestions to Congress, to act as head of state by receiving ambassadors and other heads of state, and to be sure the laws of the United States are carried out.
Section 4 briefly discusses the removal of the President from office called impeachment.
Section 1 establishes the office of the President and the Vice-President, and sets their terms to be four years. Presidents are elected by the Electoral College, whereby each state has one vote for each member of Congress. Originally, the President was the person with the most votes and the Vice-President was the person with the second most, though this is later changed. Certain minimum requirements are established again, such as a 35-year minimum age. Presidents must also be a natural-born citizen of the United States
Section 2 gives the President some important powers. He is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and of the militia (National Guard) of all the states; he has a Cabinet to aid him, and can pardon criminals. He makes treaties with other nations, and picks many of the judges and other members of the government (all with the approval of the Senate).
Section 3 establishes the duties of the President: to give a state of the union address, to make suggestions to Congress, to act as head of state by receiving ambassadors and other heads of state, and to be sure the laws of the United States are carried out.
Section 4 briefly discusses the removal of the President from office called impeachment.
Articles I-III of the U.S. Constitution establishes and denotes the powers and duties of each branch of the U.S. Government. During the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the Constitution feared that that if a small group received too much power, the United States would again fall under the rule of another dictator or tyrant. Therefore, the framers divided the new government into three parts, or branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. The executive branch is headed by the President and includes the President’s Cabinet members, the Legislative Branch includes both houses of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Judicial Branch consists of the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts. Each of these branches is distinct and has its own set of powers under the Constitution. In this way, no one branch can gain absolute power or abuse it’s power and serves as a checks and balances on each branch.