Tag: Art. 2 Sec. 1
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Electors as Free Agents
Electors as Free Agents"No one faithful to our history can deny that the plan originally contemplated, what is implicit in its text, that electors would be free agents, to exercise an independent and nonpartisan judgment as to the men best qualified for the Nation's highest offices." <…
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Hamilton and Madison
Hamilton and MadisonHamilton's defense of President Washington's issuance of a neutrality proclamation upon the outbreak of war between France and Great Britain contains not only the lines but most of the content of the argument that Article II vests significant powers in the President as po…
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Constitutional Status of Electors
Constitutional Status of ElectorsDealing with the question of the constitutional status of the electors, the Court said in 15 0: "The sole function of the presidential electors is to cast, certify and transmit the vote of the State for President …
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Creation of the Presidency
<h2 >Creation of the Presidency</h2 >Of all the issues confronting the members of the Philadelphia Convention, the nature of the presidency ranks among the most important and the resolution of the quest…
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Curtiss-Wright Case
The Curtiss-Wright CaseFurtherCourt support of theHamiltonian view was advanced in United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.,1 in which Justice Sutherland posited the doctrine that the power of the National Government in foreign relations is not o…
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Appoint
"Appoint"The word "appoint" as used in Clause 2 confers on state legislatures "the broadest power of determination." 1 Upholding a state law providing for selection of electors by popular vote from districts rather than …