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The constitution article 2 section 2. Constitution article 2 section 2. The annenberg guide to the united states constitution. Article ii section 2.
Neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years and been fourteen years a resident within the united states. Under article ii the states are allotted a number of electors equal to their congressional delegation which is the number of representatives plus two for the senators but the actual electors are appointed according to rules set exclusively by the state legislatures themselves. Thepresident shall be commander in chief of the army andnavy of the united states and of the militia of the several states whencalled into the actual service of the united states.
This section gives the president the power to grant pardons. 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. 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.
Before he enter on the execution of his office he shall take the following oath or affirmation i do solemnly swear or affirm that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states section 2. He may require the opinion in writing of. No person except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president.
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 and all other officers of the united states whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for and which shall be established by law. Portions of article ii section 1 were changed by the 12th amendment and the 25th amendment section 1 the executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america. Back table of contents next.
But the congress may by. 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. Section 2 civilian power over military cabinet pardon power appointments.