Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the
people to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
their grievances.
“Hamilton electors”
This process of election affords a moral certainty, that the
office of president, will seldom fall to the lot of any man, who is
not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.
. . . It will not be too strong to say, that there will be a
constant probability of seeing the stations filled by characters
preeminent for ability and virtue.
Federalist 68
The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the
United
States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for,
and conviction of treason, bribery, and
other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Art. II, §4
25th Amendment, Sect. 4
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the
principal officers of the executive departments or of such other
body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro
tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives their written declaration that the President is
unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice
President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the
office as Acting President.
Article II, §1
The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United
States.
August 6 version: The executive power of the United States shall
be vested in a single person. His stile shall be, “The president of
the United States of America,” and his title shall be, “His
Excellency.”
