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Under the Constitution, the president is the federal official that is primarily responsible for the relations of the United States with foreign nations. The president appoints ambassadors, ministers, and consuls (subject to confirmation by the Senate) and receives foreign ambassadors and other public officials. [50]
Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the President of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the President, and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.
President Abraham Lincoln successfully preserved the Union during the American Civil War. Here he is (center) with General George B. McClellan (left), and soldiers at Antietam, on October 3, 1862. One of the most important of executive powers is the president's role as commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The power to declare ...
An earlier proposed draft of the Appointments Clause would have given the President a broader power to "appoint officers in all cases not otherwise provided for by this Constitution", but some delegates of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention worried that this language would permit the President to create offices as well as to fill them ...
The president reports to Congress on the State of the Union, and by the Recommendation Clause, recommends "necessary and expedient" national measures. The president may convene and adjourn Congress under special circumstances. Section 4 provides for the removal of the president and other federal officers.
In 1796, President George Washington called for the creation of a national university, saying, “The primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the ...
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds ...
President Barack Obama made a statement on Saturday following news that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died at the age of 79.