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President Donald Trump delivers his 2018 State of the Union Address before Congress. For most of American history, candidates for president have sought election on the basis of a promised legislative agenda. Article II, Section 3, Clause 2 requires the president to recommend such measures to Congress which the president deems "necessary and ...
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. . Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a single elected person who holds the office of "president", in practice, the presidency includes a much larger collective of people, such as chiefs ...
President Joe Biden walks with Chief of Staff Ron Klain along the Colonnade of the White House. Chief of Staff Jack Watson (1980–1981) meets with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office. President George H. W. Bush sits at his desk in the Oval Office Study as Chief of Staff John Sununu stands nearby.
President Abraham Lincoln advising with his Generals during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln was deeply involved in strategy development and day-to-day military operations during the American Civil War, 1861–1865; historians have given Lincoln high praise for his strategic sense and his ability to select and encourage ...
In American law, the unitary executive theory is a Constitutional law theory according to which the President of the United States has sole authority over the executive branch. [1] It is "an expansive interpretation of presidential power that aims to centralize greater control over the government in the White House". [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...
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. [44] Example 7 (executive monarchy): Article 65 of the Constitution of Qatar provides that: The Emir is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. He shall ...
The president's status as both head of government and head of state is sometimes the subject of criticism. Dana D. Nelson criticizes the office of the President of the United States as essentially undemocratic and characterizes presidentialism as worship of the president by citizens, which she believes undermines civic participation. [35] [36]