Remake of Presidential Powers Continued... by Paul Mpande

Article 2 Sec 2

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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;

Example

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The President as Commander, has the inherent power to order the military to carry out operations such as shooting down balloons or moving troops around the world.

Article 2 Section 2

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...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

Article 2 Sec 2

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and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

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Thursday we read through the 1st paragraph of Article 2 Section 1 of the Constitution identifying the expressed powers and expanding on understanding them and the powers inherent with the role of President based on those powers. Today you will review those powers and then finish looking at and understanding the President's expressed powers.

You will first need to make a copy of this padlet to begin. For each column you will read the Constitution clause and then research online to find either a tweet or news article to provide as an example of that power. You will link to the tweet or article and write a brief explanation of the power and how the President is exercising it.

Commander-in-Chief is done for you as an example. Once you are done you will click on the share button and copy the url to post into the Canvas assignment. This assignment is to be completed individually.

Article 2 Section 2

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He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make 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

Article 1 Section 7

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Every Bill which 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 House in which it shall have originated...

Article 2 Section 2

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and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint...Judges of the supreme Court...

Article 2 Section 3

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He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;

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the president welcomes President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland for a joint meeting at the white house to discuss. their unwavering support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal war of conquest.

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in the article the president uses his judicial power to make sure that women, and the same share are members of racial or ethnic minority groups, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of statistics from the Federal Judicial Center.

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in the article it states that the president's In last year’s State of the Union, Biden repeatedly declared that he would “finish the job” on critical parts of his agenda that remained incomplete, such as capping insulin costs for all Americans, taking more aggressive actions on climate change, banning so-called assault-style weapons and pushing for higher taxes on corporations and the rich.

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the article talks about how the president has not went through the bills he promised he was going to pass such as the expanded child tax credit did not get extended, and the president's student loan relief program is tied up in courts with an uncertain future.

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in the article it focuses on how the presidentOn his first day in office, Biden signed a letter to reenter the United States into the Paris Agreement, the most significant global climate pact to date, which requires nearly all countries to set emissions-reduction pledges, though commitments are not legally binding.

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in this article it talks about who the president nominated-state that Biden nominated Nicole Berner, the general counsel of the Service Employees International Union, for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed by the Senate, Berner would be that court’s first openly LGBTQ judge.