Questions tagged [president]
For questions regarding heads of state with the title "President." Should be used with a jurisdiction tag to indicate which country the question is about.
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In the show "Designated Survivor," all Congressman but 1 are killed, and the President desperately wants to nominate a new Congress. Why?
Why is it so important to the excecutive branch that there is a full Congress? Can action not be taken by the sole remaining Congressman, or is the problem that this Congressman would have way too ...
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Can the USA military be used as a police force domestically?
A discussion on a sister Stack Exchange site led me to ask this question.
Under what conditions can a branch of the military (excluding the Coast Guard for technical reasons) be used in an active ...
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Can a U.S. President undo an act of clemency or a pardon of his predecessor?
Can the next U.S. President undo the current President's pardons?
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Does impeachment conviction necessarily imply removal from office?
The relevant bits of Article 1 Section 3 state that:
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of ...
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Which powers can the President delegate to other officers or employees of the Executive Branch?
The President is the head of the Executive Branch of the United States Government. As the head of the branch a lot of things are formally done by the President, but in actuality many tasks are ...
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Can the US Senate disqualify a former President?
In summary, the answer to "Can a US President, after impeachment and removal, be re-elected or re-appointed?" was "Yes, unless the Senate votes by simple majority to add the penalty of ...
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What happens if Congress declares war, but POTUS refuses to fight it?
By Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the US Constitution, the power to declare war is with the Congress.
Today (03/20/17), during a committee hearing, Ms. Speier, accused Russia (I assume she meant ...
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Can Congress, or any other body, subpoena the President's tax records?
President Trump's tax records, and the question of whether Congress can access them, have been on the news for years. In all this time, I've never heard any analyst debate whether or not a president ...
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Can a US President, after impeachment and removal, be re-elected or re-appointed?
This answer in its present form states
If Donald Trump were impeached and blocked from running again (which is one of the things that impeachment can do, disqualify from office)...
Is that true?
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Annexation and becoming US president
Imagine I was born in country X at xxxx.
At xxxx+20 years country X is annexed to the United States. (Freely or forcefully)
At xxxx+40 years I am elected to be the next president of the United States.
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What can happen if the US President has violated campaign finance laws?
There has been recent news about President Donald Trump possibly breaking campaign finance laws due to a repayment made to one of his lawyers.
NPR: Trump Admits To Authorizing Stormy Daniels Payoff, ...
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How can the US president give an order to a civilian?
I remember reading that the US president can give an order to a civilian via some special letter. (The example given involved an IT company employee ordered to install a back-door in the company's ...
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How are presidential pardons supposed to be used?
When and how are pardons supposed to be used? Why does the Constitution even grant the president the power to pardon? Can it be used to pardon any crime?
On the surface, it seems to make the ...
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Can people get in trouble for investigating or charging the president?
Not word for word and please correct me.
Is there a law like this? If so:
Should any criminal investigation or legal action, investigation even a phone call that takes time from the president in ...
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If the US President is sued, do the taxpayers fund his defense and any settlements?
If someone sues President Trump for slander, do the taxpayers fund his defense? I would consider having the Attorney General as counsel would qualify.
Also, would the taxpayers be on the hook for ...
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