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Edited on Sat Apr-07-07 09:37 AM by Aviation Pro
"In regard to the separation of powers, the Constitution pretty much exclusively charters all matters of state to the executive branch, ensuring that the nation speaks with a unified voice on major foreign policy matters. This means the president conducts foreign policy, makes treaties and appoints ambassadors."
However, I did read in Article II, Section 2 the following:
"Sect. 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; 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 grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
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; 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 offices of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of their next session."
Members of Jim Robinson's FreeRepublic really do have poor reading comprehension. Perhaps they should go back to grade school and stick to something more their speed like Charlotte's Web.
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