Clause 6. 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 the Congress may by law provide for the
case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the
President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then
act as President; and such officer shall act accordingly until the
disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Clause 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his
services a compensation which shall neither be increased 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. 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 II.=--Clause 1. 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.
Clause 2. 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 officers 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.
Clause 3. 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.
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