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What does Article 2 Section 2 Clause 2 of the Constitution mean?
Important Cases. The second clause of Article II Section 2, the Advice and Consent Clause, contains two separate Presidential powers – both requiring the consent of the Senate. The Treaty Clause allows the President to negotiate and enter into agreements with foreign countries upon the approval of the Senate.
Can the president remove inferior officers?
In the absence of specific legislative provision to the contrary, the President may at his discretion remove an inferior officer whose term is limited by statute, 606 or one appointed with the consent of the Senate.
What does the 3rd article of the Constitution mean?
Article III of the Constitution establishes and empowers the judicial branch of the national government. Today, we have a three-level federal court system—trial courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court—with about 800 federal judges.
Which president had his oath administered to him by a former president?
Dale, his father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., a Vermont notary public and justice of the peace, administered the oath of office. The swearing in took place in John Coolidge’s family parlor by the light of a kerosene lamp at 2:47 a.m. on August 3, 1923; President Coolidge then went back to bed.
What is the president not allowed to do?
A PRESIDENT CANNOT . . . make laws. declare war. decide how federal money will be spent. choose Cabinet members or Supreme Court Justices without Senate approval.
What is the oath of office under the Constitution?
5 U.S. Code § 3331 – Oath of office. An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,…
Which president used the word ‘affirm’ in his oath of office?
Herbert Hoover is often listed to have used “affirm” as well, owing to his being a Quaker, but a newsreel taken of the ceremony indicates that the words used were “solemnly swear.” Richard Nixon, who was also a Quaker, swore, rather than affirmed. There have been two forms of administering, and taking, the oath of office.
What does the official reciting the oath swear to do?
The official reciting the oath swears an allegiance to uphold the Constitution. The Constitution only specifies an oath of office for the President; however, Article VI of the Constitution states that other officials, including members of Congress, “shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation to support this constitution .”
What is the difference between the vice president’s oath and President’s?
The Vice President’s oath is administered immediately before the President’s. The Vice President’s oath may be administered by the retiring Vice President, by a member of Congress, or by some other Government official, such as a justice of the Supreme Court.