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  2. 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 ...

  3. Appointments Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] 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 ...

  4. Treaty Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2) establishes the procedure for ratifying international agreements.It empowers the President as the primary negotiator of agreements between the United States and other countries, and holds that the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate renders a treaty binding with the force of federal ...

  5. Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the ...

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    The nomination and confirmation of justices to the Supreme Court of the United States involves several steps, the framework for which is set forth in the United States Constitution. Specifically, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, provides that the president of the United States nominates a justice and that the United States Senate provides ...

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

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...

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

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    The clause's revival is due to an unlikely combination of Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, all rediscovering 111 words in the nation's foundational legal document that have ...

  8. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Clause 2 of Section 2 provides that the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving ambassadors, ministers, and consuls, for all cases respecting foreign nation-states, [124] and also in those controversies which are subject to federal judicial power because at least one state is a party. Cases arising under the laws of the ...

  9. Op-Ed: Are changes needed to Idaho's initiative process? - AOL

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    Article 1, Section 2 of Idaho’s constitution proclaims: “All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal protection and benefit, and they have the right ...