The Executive Vesting Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 1) of the
United States Constitution
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says that "the
executive power
The executive branch is the part of government which executes or enforces the law.
Function
The scope of executive power varies greatly depending on the political context in which it emerges, and it can change over time in a given country. In ...
shall be vested" in a
President of the United States
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who shall hold the office for a term of four years.
[ Article II, Section 1, Clause 1] Similar vesting clauses are found in Article I and Article III; the former bestows federal legislative power exclusively to the
United States Congress
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, and the latter grants judicial power solely to the
United States Supreme Court
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, and other federal courts established by law. These three clauses together secure a
separation of powers
The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state (polity), state power (usually Legislature#Legislation, law-making, adjudication, and Executive (government)#Function, execution) and requires these operat ...
among the three branches of the federal government, and individually, each one entrenches
checks and balances
The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishabl ...
on the operation and power of the other two branches.
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Executive Vesting Clause aspects
Relevant federal court cases
See also
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List of clauses of the United States Constitution
References
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