Civics_Ch5_webquest2

=**U.S. Constitution Article II - Executive Branch**=

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 __**(a) Yes - president is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces**__; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. __**(b) Yes - president has the power to grant pardons**__ He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties __**(c) Senate must approve of treaties**__, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he 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 __**(d) president appoints federal judges**__, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
 * Section 2 - Civilian Power Over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments**

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union __**(e) Yes - president must yearly report to Congress - today it's the State of the Union Address**__, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed __**(f) Yes - president is in charge of the executive branch and has to make sure laws are "faithfully executed,"**__ and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
 * Section 3 - State of the Union, Convening Congress**

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors __**(g) Yes - president can be impeached and removed**__.
 * Section 4 - Disqualification**

Every bill,w hich shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it with his objections to that Hosue in which it shall have originated __**(h) The president must sign a bill for it to become a law**__
 * Article I Section 7 - In Legislative Branch Article on lawmaking process**

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