What can the president not do?

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asked Jan 21 in Government by leapinglemur (1,470 points)
What can the president not do?

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answered Jan 21 by walkingmore (15,870 points)
Things that the president cannot do are choose Cabinet members or Supreme Court Justices without Senate approval.

The president cannot interpret laws, decide how federal money will be spent, declare war or make laws.

The three ways that the president can be removed from office are by impeachment, Conviction of Treason or Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Even bribery can get the president removed from office.

Article II, section 4 of the U.S.

Constitution defines the grounds for impeachment and conviction as ''treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

The Court concludes that the President is immune from criminal prosecution for any conduct within their exclusive sphere of constitutional authority Pp. 6-9.

However not all of the President's official acts fall within their conclusive or preclusive authority.

Although neither criminal nor civil immunity is explicitly granted in the Constitution or any federal statute.

The Senate is higher than the President or the House of Representatives.

The Senate has high authority and can try cases of impeachment, which can also dismiss a President for any misconduct.

Congress also writes and debates the laws that govern the United States, and it can override presidential vetoes.

The Senate's advice-and-consent power over treaties and both chambers' important role in amending the Constitution also indicate the legislature's essential role in the nation's representative government.

The Vice President also has power after the president as well as the speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro tempore of the Senate and Secretary of State.

Additionally, the Twenty-fifth Amendment also authorizes the vice president, together with a majority of the heads of the executive departments, to declare the president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".

The heads of the executive departments are if eligible in the presidential line of succession.

The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to enact legislation and declare war, the right to confirm or reject many Presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers.

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