Presidential Power In The United States

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Presidential Powers I think the president has some things that he does have power over and should have power over. The three things he should have power over is veto laws, grant pardon, and appointment judges. Veto law is that the president has rights to delay a bill from becoming a law. Grant pardon is to release a person from punishment or disfavor. Lastly appointment judges is that the president choses judges from his following appointment lists. One power the president can control is veto laws. Veto laws is something the president has to do to delay a bill from becoming the law. This is a really important power because the president has to think wisely if he wants to pass a law. It doesn’t just go straight to the president there are stages…show more content…
Grant pardon is to release a person from punishment or disfavor. I think the president can have power over grant pardon because the president basically should be in charge of everything. Someone that has full responsibilities should be responsible on what people’s punishment should be leased. President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty individuals, consisting of eight commutations and twelve pardons. Here are some examples off the granted clemency Obama has done: Sidney Earl Johnson, Jr. – Mobile, AL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; use of a communication facility to commit a felony (Southern District of Alabama) Sentence: Life imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (Apr. 13, 1994) Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on June 12,…show more content…
Appointment judges is that the president choses judges from his following appointment lists. He should be able to appoint the judges he want so the court can have somebody to take orders from while the president has stuff to do. As of February 4, 2015, the total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 307, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 53 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 250 judges to the United States district courts, and two judges to the United States Court of International Trade. The number of nominations currently awaiting Senate action is 14. Here is an example of appointment judges that our president picked. Andre Maurice Davis (born February 11, 1949) is a Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He previously was a federal district judge, and was nominated first for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by President Bill Clinton in 2000. He was renominated to the Fourth Circuit by President Barack Obama on April 2, 2009, and he was confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2009. On February 28, 2014 Davis assumed senior status. Our president has power to appoint who he wants and choose who he wants based off the people’s background and their
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