Article 2 Section 1 Clause 1

Article 2 the executive branchsection 1 the president.

Article 2 section 1 clause 1. He shall hold his office during the term of four years and together with the vice president chosen for the same term be elected as follows. Text of article 2 section 1. Constitution opens by saying.

4 1864 in 7 the collected works of abraham lincoln 1953. Each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america.

Nature and scope of presidential power. In case of the removal of the president from office or of his death resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office the same shall devolve on the vice president and the congress may by law provide for the case of removal death resignation or inability both of the president and vice president declaring what officer shall then act as president and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a president shall be elected. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america.

This section later modified by amendments xii and xxv outlines who is eligible to serve as president establishes the electoral college the means by which the president and vice president are elected and authorizes congress to determine who will replace the president and vice president should they be unable to serve during their term of office. Each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress. He shall hold his office during the term of four years and together with the vice president chosen for the same term be elected as follows.

Article ii section 1 establishes that the president has the power to run the executive branch of the government. But no senator or representative or person. By granting the president a sweeping executive power a power not carefully defined in the constitution article ii establishes the presidency as a strong office within the american government.

The executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america. Each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress. But no senator or.