![]() ![]() So this power to make treaties is clearly a foreign policy power, although it does have toīe ratified by the Senate. Then we read, he shall have Power, by and with the AdviceĪnd Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Grant reprieves and pardonsįor federal offenses. Grain Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. Then it goes on to say and he shall have Power to So this is clearly an executive power or an administrative power, where he can go to the head of any of the executiveĭepartments and say, hey, I need your opinion on something, potentially in writing. It then goes on to say 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. Of the United States being in charge of the nation's military. So Section 2 of Article II starts off with 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 ![]() So let's read this together and let's see if we canĬlassify these different powers as executive, legislative, foreign policy or military, or judicial powers. But the bulk of the powersĪre listed in Section 2 and Section 3. The judicial branch can interpret laws or declare them unconstitutional. As we will see, it is used as a justification for many of the informal And this simple statement alone has a lot of implications. Power shall be vested in a President of the The formal powers are listed in Article II of the United States Constitution, and it starts in Section 1 where it says the executive And we're also gonna talkĪbout informal powers a little bit in this video and a lot more depth into future videos. That are explicitly listed in the United States Constitution. Going to do in this video is talk about the powers of the President of the United States, and we're going to broadlyĭivide them into two categories. ![]()
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