Article II of the United States Constitution

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article of the United States Constitution section of a constitutional article

Article II of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, defining the powers, duties, and election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form	Occurrences
Section 2 of Article II	0
Section 1 of Article II	1
Section 3 of Article II	0
Section 4 of Article II	0
Article II of the U.S. Constitution	4
Appointments Clause	1
Article II of the United States Constitution (implied)	1
Article II of the United States Constitution as modified	1
Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution	1
Commander in Chief Clause	1
Presidential Oath Clause	1
U.S. Constitution Article II	1
U.S. Constitution advice and consent clause	1
United States Constitution, Article II	1
United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the United States Constitution ⓘ section of a constitutional article ⓘ section of a constitutional article ⓘ section of a constitutional article ⓘ section of a constitutional article ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
appliesTo	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ executive branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn	1789 ⓘ
contains	Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Section 1 of Article II Section 2 of Article II ⓘ Section 3 of Article II ⓘ Article II ⓘ surface form: Section 4 of Article II
country	United States of America ⓘ
defines	Electoral College ⓘ surface form: Electoral College system (original form) duties of the President of the United States ⓘ grounds for impeachment of all civil officers of the United States ⓘ grounds for impeachment of the President of the United States ⓘ grounds for impeachment of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ manner of election of the President of the United States ⓘ manner of election of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ method of choosing electors ⓘ powers of the President of the United States ⓘ presidential oath of office ⓘ presidential qualifications ⓘ presidential term length ⓘ
establishes	executive branch of the federal government of the United States ⓘ Presidency of the United States ⓘ surface form: office of the President of the United States Office of the Vice President of the United States ⓘ surface form: office of the Vice President of the United States
grantsPower	President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States ⓘ President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the militia of the several states when called into federal service ⓘ power of the President to adjourn Congress in case of disagreement between the Houses ⓘ power of the President to appoint all other officers of the United States established by law ⓘ power of the President to appoint ambassadors ⓘ power of the President to appoint judges of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ power of the President to appoint other public ministers and consuls ⓘ power of the President to convene both Houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions ⓘ power of the President to fill vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate ⓘ power of the President to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States ⓘ power of the President to make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate ⓘ power of the President to recommend measures to Congress ⓘ power of the President to require written opinions of principal officers of executive departments ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
listsGrounds	bribery ⓘ other high crimes and misdemeanors ⓘ treason ⓘ
locationInDocument	after Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ before Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
requires	President to commission all officers of the United States ⓘ President to give to the Congress information on the State of the Union ⓘ President to receive ambassadors and other public ministers ⓘ President to take care that the laws be faithfully executed ⓘ advice and consent of the Senate for certain presidential appointments ⓘ
sectionCount	4 ⓘ
subjectTo	modification by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Executive Order 12333 → authority → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → basedOn → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution

Presidential Succession Act → basedOn → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities → basedOn → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the U.S. Constitution

Vice President of the United States → constitutingInstrument → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution → constitutionalArticleAffected → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → constitutionalArticleModified → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

1949 State of the Union Address → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

Electoral College → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

President of the United States Senate → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Treaties of the United States → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States–Native American treaties → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

executive branch of the United States → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

pardon of Richard Nixon → constitutionalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 → constitutionalBasisClaimed → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Peter B. Chiafalo → constitutionalContext → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → constitutionalProvision → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Zschernig v. Miller → constitutionalProvision → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the U.S. Constitution

Clinton v. Jones → constitutionalProvisionDiscussed → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Colorado Department of State v. Baca → constitutionalProvisionInvoked → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article II of the United States Constitution → contains → Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 1 of Article II

Article II → contains → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 1 of Article II

this entity surface form: Presidential Oath Clause

Article II → contains → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 2 of Article II

this entity surface form: Commander in Chief Clause

Article II → contains → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 2 of Article II

this entity surface form: Appointments Clause

Presidency of the United States → createdBy → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

VPOTUS → createdBy → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Constitution, Article II

Article III → follows → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution

President of the United States (for the Comptroller of the Currency) → hasConstitutionalBasisIn → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Chiafalo v. Washington → interprets → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the U.S. Constitution

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas → legalAuthority → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee → legalAuthority → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States foreign policy → legalAuthority → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the U.S. Constitution

United States Senate (for the Comptroller of the Currency) → legalAuthorityFrom → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Senate

2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → legalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1

Cabinet of the United States → legalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the United States Constitution (implied)

U.S. ambassadors → legalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution advice and consent clause

United States presidential election → legalBasis → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Colorado Department of State v. Baca → legalSubject → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution Article II

Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → locationInDocument → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of the United States Constitution as modified

VP → officeCreatedBy → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Vice President of the United States

Article II of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 1 of Article II

Article II of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 2 of Article II

Article II of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 3 of Article II

Article II of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article II of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 4 of Article II

Article III of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ