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   What is the executive branch?

   • The executive branch is one of three branches that constitute the United States government, and it stands alongside the judicial and the legislative branches. The executive branch of government employs over 4 million people, and its main role of the executive branch is to uniformly enforce the laws of the country.

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   What does the constitution say about the executive branch?

   • In its first three articles, the U.S. Constitution outlines the branches of the U.S. Government, the powers that each branch contains, and the limitations to those powers. Article II outlines the duties of the Executive Branch.

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   What is a Commander in Chief clause?

   • Article II Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the Commander in Chief clause, states that " [t]he 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."

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   What is the meaning of President?

   • The President of the United States is the highest elected official in the nation and head of Government, the leader of the executive branch, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Sometimes referred to by the acronym POTUS. primary election: An election held to decide which candidates will be on the November general election ballot.

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   Oct 16, 2021 · Thus, the Legal Adviser of the State Department, in a widely circulated document, contended: “Under the Constitution, the President, in addition to being Chief Executive, is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy. He holds the prime responsibility for the conduct of United States foreign relations.

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   The Commander in Chief Clause of Article II, Section 2 provides that “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.”

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   Article II Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the Commander in Chief clause, states that "[t]he 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 questions of whether and to what extent the President has the autho...

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   After the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Administrations spent nearly a decade committing U.S. troops to Southeast Asia without Congressional approval, in 1973 Congress responded by passing the War Powers Resolution. The Resolution sought to halt the erosion of Congress's ability to participate in war-making decisions, an aim furthered by the Resoluti...

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   The terrorist attacks of September 2001 created new complications for the separation of powers within the war powers sphere. After September 11, the United States Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Terrorists (AUMF). While the AUMF did not officially declare war, the legislation provided the President with more auth...

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   In 2004 Rasul v. Bush became the first case in which the Supreme Court directly discussed the Bush Administration's Guantanamo detention policies. The Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 2241 permits federal district courts to hear habeas corpuspetitions by aliens held within territory over which the United States exercises "plenary and exclusive jurisdict...

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   The U.S. federal government, sometimes simply referred to as "Washington", is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the president, and the federal courts, respectively. [2]

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   Executive Power: An Overview. In its first three articles, the U.S. Constitution outlines the branches of the U.S. Government, the powers that each branch contains, and the limitations to those powers. Article II outlines the duties of the Executive Branch.

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   President: A head of state that had been elected to office; also called chief executive. The President of the United States is the highest elected official in the nation and head of Government, the leader of the executive branch, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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   Nov 21, 2023 · What is the executive branch? The executive branch is one of three branches that constitute the United States government, and it stands alongside the judicial and the legislative branches. The...