On behalf of the Attorney-General, the Deputy Attorney-General in charge of the Legal Aid Service advises the President and all executive authorities. The Office prepares the legal opinions of the Attorney General and issues its own written and other advice in response to requests from the President`s Adviser, the various executive agencies and other parts of the Ministry of Justice. These requests generally involve particularly complex and important legal issues, or on which two or more organizations disagree. The Office is also responsible for reviewing and advising on the constitutionality of pending legislation. In the first two years of the Obama administration, the OLC came to a conclusion at least twice that government officials disagreed with. In June 2011, New York Times reporter Charlie Savage revealed that President Obama had taken the unusual step of ignoring advice from the Office of the Legal Counsel regarding the legality of military action in Libya. The written statements of the OLC have always been considered binding on the executive branch, unless they are overturned by the attorney general or president. [7] In 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder rescinded an unpublished OLC statement concluding that a D.C. The voting rights bill pending in Congress was unconstitutional. [8] In the event of impeachment or death, resignation, or inability to exercise the powers and duties of this office, it shall be transferred to the Vice President, and Congress may, by law, provide for the impeachment, death, resignation, or incapacity of the President and Vice President.
It explains which official will then serve as president, and that official will act accordingly until the obstruction is lifted or a president is elected. Each State appoints in the manner prescribed by the legislature a number of electors equal to the total number of senators and representatives to which the State is entitled in Congress; but no senator or deputy, nor any person who holds any position of trust or gain among the United States, may be appointed elector. The White House Advisor is a senior representative of the staff of the President of the United States, whose task is to advise the President on all legal matters concerning the President and his administration. The White House adviser also oversees the Office of the White House Counsel, a team of lawyers and support staff that provides legal advice to the president and the White House office. The Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC) is an office of the United States Department of Justice that supports the Attorney General`s position as legal advisor to the President and all executive agencies. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of laws created by Congress. Fifteen executive departments, each headed by an appointed member of the President`s Office, are responsible for the day-to-day administration of the federal government. They are joined by other executive agencies such as the CIA and the Environmental Protection Agency, whose heads are not part of the cabinet, but who are under the full authority of the president. The president also appoints the heads of more than 50 independent federal commissions, such as the Federal Reserve Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as federal judges, ambassadors, and other federal offices. The Office of the President (EOP) consists of the President`s immediate staff and institutions such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative. From time to time he shall give the Congress information on the state of the nation and recommend to it such measures as he deems necessary and expedient; he may, exceptionally, convene one or both Houses and, in the event of disagreement as to the date of adjournment, postpone them at such time as he considers appropriate; receives ambassadors and other public ministers; he saw to it that the laws were faithfully enforced and appointed all officers of the United States. Executive power is exercised by a President of the United States of America. He holds office during the four-year term and is elected with the Vice-President elected for the same term as follows: During President George W. Bush, Assistant Attorney General John Yoo and Assistant Attorney General Jay S.