Article Two of the United States of Elisia Constitution

Article Two of the Constitution of the United States establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws. Article Two establishes the Office of the President and Vice President, lays out the procedures for electing them and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.

Section 1: President and Vice President

Clause 1: Executive power and term of office

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of three Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected as follows:

Clause 2: Method of choosing electors

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 Congress. No Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

Clause 3: Electoral College

The Electors shall assemble in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for one Person, who shall be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. They shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of Government of their respective States, directed to the Governor. The Governor of each State shall examine the List and affix the Great Seal of the State, then forward it to the Congress of these United States. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted, with utmost care to preserve the sovereignty of each State. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes across all the States shall be the President, if such Number be greater than those received by any other Person; and if there be more than one who have an equal and greatest Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President, with each State Delegation having but a single Vote in this Matter, thereby preserving the equal standing of the several States. The Person having the next greatest Number of Votes shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes for Vice President, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President, with each Senator voting as an individual, to ensure proper representation of the States in this secondary office.

Clause 4: Election day

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

Clause 5: Qualifications for office

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; 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.

Clause 6: Vacancy and disability

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President. And should both Offices be rendered vacant, or should their Occupants be unable to serve, Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation, or Inability, declaring what Officer shall then act as President; and such Officer shall act accordingly until the Disability be removed, or a new President shall be duly elected by the Electors of the several States; Provided always that any such Law enacted by Congress shall require the consent of a Majority of both Houses.

Clause 7: Salary

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Clause 8: Oath or affirmation

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: Presidential powers

Clause 1: Command of military and military council

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; provided, however, that a Military Council shall be established, comprising the President and appointed Members representing defined Regions as determined by Congress. This Council shall share in the exercise of commanding control over the armed forces, with the President retaining ultimate authority in times of dire emergency.

Clause 2: Opinions of Cabinet Secretaries

The President 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.

Clause 3: Military Council Appointments

The Members of the Military Council, save the President, shall be appointed by Congress, with due consideration given to equitable representation of the several States and Regions. Such appointments shall require the consent of both Houses of Congress and shall be subject to renewal every four years.

Clause 4: Recess Appointments

The President shall have Power to nominate Individuals to fill Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate; yet such nominations shall be subject to the unanimous Consent of the Governors of the several States, who shall convene to deliberate upon each Candidate. Should the Governors fail to reach a unanimous Agreement, the nomination shall be deemed denied, and the President shall be obliged to await the next Session of the Senate for further Appointments.

Section 3: Presidential responsibilities

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; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, he shall Commission all the Officers of the United States, and he shall at the Request of one-third of the State Legislatures, provide a detailed Account of the Execution of any Law or Treaty, thereby ensuring the Transparency of the Executive to the several States.

Section 4: Removal of convicted criminals from office

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.