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  2. Executive Vesting Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Executive Vesting Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 1) of the United States Constitution bestows the executive power of the United States federal government to the President of the United States. [1] Similar clauses are found in Article I and Article III; the former bestows federal legislative power exclusively to the United States ...

  3. Article Two of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The final clause of Section 2 grants the President the power to make recess appointments to fill vacancies that occur when the Senate is in recess. Section 3 of Article Two lays out the responsibilities of the President, granting the President the power to convene both Houses of Congress, receive foreign representatives, and commission all ...

  4. Vesting Clauses - Wikipedia

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    Article II, Section 1, Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four ...

  5. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    It replaced the procedure in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, under which the Electoral College originally functioned. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 9, 1803, and was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures on June 15, 1804.

  6. What happens if there’s an Electoral College tie - and what ...

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    Article II Section 1 Clause 3 of the Constitution states that if no candidate gets a majority, the election turns to the House of Representatives, who need to choose immediately, by ballot.

  7. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Clause Name Article Section Clause 1808 Clause [citation needed] I: 9: 1 Admissions Clause: IV: 3: 1 Advice and Consent Clause: II: 2: 2 Appointments Clause: II: 2: 2 Apportionment of Representatives and Taxes Clause: I: 2: 3 Arisings Clause [citation needed] III: 2: 1 Basket Clause: I: 8: 18 Case or Controversy Clause: III: 2: 1 Coefficient ...

  8. List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president ...

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    The plenary power to grant a pardon or a reprieve is granted to the president by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution; the only limits mentioned in the Constitution are that pardons are limited to federal offenses, and that they cannot affect an impeachment process: "The president shall ... have power to grant reprieves and ...

  9. Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from ... - AOL

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    Magliocca posted a copy of his research — which he believed was the first law journal article ever written about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — online in mid-December of 2020, then revised ...