What is Article Two of the United States Constitution?
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{wikisource|Constitution of the United States of America#Article II|Article Two of the United States Constitution}} {{US Constitution article series}} '''Article Two of the [[United States Constitution]]''' creates the [[executive branch]] of the [[United States government]]. The executive branch includes the [[President of the United States|President]]; the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]; the [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]; [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]], like the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]; [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agencies]], like the [[CIA|Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA); and other things like [[wikt:committee|committees]] and [[wikt:commission|commissions]]. =={{anchor|Section 1}}Section 1: President and Vice President== ==={{anchor|Section 1, Clause 1}}Clause 1: Executive Power=== {{quote|The [[Executive (government)|executive]] Power shall be vested in a [[President of the United States of America]]. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows...<ref name=a2/>}}Section One begins by giving [[wikt:federal|federal]] [[Executive (government)|executive]] power to the President only. This is part of the [[separation of powers]] that the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]] built into the Constitution.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Prakash|first1=Sai Prakash|title=Essays on Article II: Executive Vesting Clause|url=http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/2/essays/76/executive-vesting-clause|website=The Heritage Guide to the Constitution |publisher=The Heritage Foundation |date=2012 |access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> To prevent any part of the government from getting too powerful, they split the power between three branches. This clause gives executive power to the President. Another [[wikt:clause|cla