Bill: Rejected Powers of the President Cleanup Act

[CaseyLeFaye]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Constitution​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Powers of the President Cleanup Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by Speaker CaseyLeFaye.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator CopTop_YT.

2 - Reasons
(1) To cut down on unnecessary clutter in the Powers of the President.
(2) To put restrictions on the overriding of pardons.
(3) To amend the Constitution.

3 - Constitutional Amendments
(1) The Powers of the President in the Constitution shall be amended as follows:

• “Grant reprieves and pardons to citizens charged with breaking the law, with the exception of impeachment. Pardons can only be revoked by the President or overridden by Congress within 2 months of being issued.
• The President nominates, appoints, and dismisses members of the Executive Cabinet. The President may dismiss any Secretary, Executive Officer, or Ambassador from their position at any time and for any reason or no reason at all.
• Vested in the President is the power to assent to or veto legislation passed by Congress.
• The President is the chairperson of Cabinet and therefore calls for and adjourns meetings.
• The President may issue and revoke non-complex Executive Orders for the good governance of the server. The President must issue Executive Orders if and when requested by the Owner.
• The President also has the power to dissolve the House of Representatives if requested by the Speaker, and the Senate if requested by the President of the Senate.
• The President and his Departments may not spend government Congressionally appropriated funds in a way that would conflict with appropriations.
• Department balances may not be less than $0.00. In the event that a Department’s balance reaches $0.00 all spending related to from this Department must cease, excluding salaries which will then come from the DCGovernment balance. Neither the Executive nor the Congress shall have the power to cease salaries to any person or group which holds a government position.
• The President may at any time unless otherwise codified in law outside this Constitution, propose a budget for any individual or multiple departments to the House of Representatives.
• The President may, at any time and for any reason or no reason at all, remove a Secretary, Principal Officer, or General Advisor from their position. The President may NOT remove any department employee, excluding those that may be removed under the terms of the previous clause, or the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Redmont. The President may advise their Secretaries to fire an employee. In the event that the serving President is simultaneously serving as Secretary, they may fire any employee of the department for which they are Secretary only.
• The President has the power to sign international treaties, or ask somebody to sign them as the representative of the government. The President is the only person able to decide to revoke/leave any international treaty. The decision of signing, revoking, or leaving a treaty needs to be approved by the Senate through a simple majority vote.”