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    The US President has wide-ranging executive, legislative, financial, and judicial powers. As head of state and government, the President enforces laws, appoints officials, commands the armed forces, conducts foreign policy, and grants pardons. Legislative powers include recommending bills, signing or vetoing laws passed by Congress, and convening special sessions. The President oversees budget preparation and presents the budget to Congress for approval. Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President with Senate confirmation.

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    The US President has wide-ranging executive, legislative, financial, and judicial powers. As head of state and government, the President enforces laws, appoints officials, commands the armed forces, conducts foreign policy, and grants pardons. Legislative powers include recommending bills, signing or vetoing laws passed by Congress, and convening special sessions. The President oversees budget preparation and presents the budget to Congress for approval. Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President with Senate confirmation.

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    POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF US

    PRESIDENT
    US President is head of the state as well as head of the government.
    He is elected for the term of four years. The power and functions of US
    President can be divided into following headings:-

    (1)Executive: The executive powers of the President can be divided into


    into the following:-

    (a) Enforcement of the Laws: It is the responsibility of the President


    to enforce properly the laws passed by the congress. It has been
    provided in Article 2 section III that “ He shall take care that the laws be
    faithfully executed”

    (b) To maintain Peace and order

    (c) Protection against external invasion and domestic violence.

    (d) It is also the responsibility of the President to ensure Republican


    government in the states and for this purpose he can take any action.

    (e) President makes all the higher appointments with the approval of
    the senate.

    (f) By Article 2, section II President has been made the commander-


    in- chief of the arm forces and make military higher appointments. He
    makes rules regarding recruitment, training and conduct of the military.

    (g) President is the architect and conductor of the foreign policy of the
    country, but he has to take the approval of the congress on foreign
    policy.
    (h) President grants recognition to new states and new government
    and this decision depends on the personal discretion of the president.

    2. Legislative Powers: President has both positive as well as negative


    legislative powers:

    (a) President can send massages to the congress as per necessity


    and recommends legislation on necessary subjects.

    (b) The Bills passed by the Congress need the signature of the
    President. President can reject the laws passed by the congress with his
    veto power. He has two types of veto pocket veto and suspensory veto
    power.

    (c) Sometimes Congress passes the outlines of the bills and


    authorizes the President to fill up the gaps. It is known as delegated
    legislation.

    (d) President has been give the power to convene special session of
    any or joint session of both houses of the congress. This power is
    usually exercise during national crises.

    3. Financial power: By the budget and accounting act passed in 1921,


    the Bureau of the Budget is place under the control of the President.
    President gets the Budget prepare under his own supervision and
    present it before the congress.

    4.Judicial Power: President appoints judges of the Supreme Court with


    the approval of the Senate. He can grant pardon, general amnesty and
    decrease punishment.

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