Article 2 Section 2 Clause 2
The final clause of section 2 grants the president the power to make recess appointments to fill vacancies that occur when the senate is in recess.
Article 2 section 2 clause 2. 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. 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 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.
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 have power by and with the advice and consent of the senate to make treaties provided two thirds of the senators present concur. But no senator or representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the united states shall be appointed an elector.
Each state shall appoint in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress. 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. 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.
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. 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. He may require the opinion in writing of the principal.
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. 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. The appointments clause is part of article ii section 2 clause 2 of the united states constitution which empowers the president of the united states to nominate and with the advice and consent confirmation of the united states senate appoint public officials although the senate must confirm certain principal officers including ambassadors cabinet secretaries and federal judges.
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