Clause 1 Military, Administrative, and Clemency

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Clause 1 Military, Administrative, and Clemency

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

• Executive Departments

• Commander in Chief

  • Historical Background on Commander in Chief Clause

  • Prize Cases and Commander in Chief Clause

  • Wartime Powers of President in World War II

  • Evacuation of the West Coast Japanese

  • The President and Labor Relations in World War II

  • Presidential Directives and Sanctions in World War II

  • Treatment of Enemy Combatants and Nazi Saboteurs

  • World War II War Crimes Tribunals

  • Postwar Period and Commander in Chief Clause

  • Use of Troops Overseas and Congressional Authorization

  • Presidential Power and Commander in Chief Clause

  • Congressional Control Over President's Discretion

  • President as Commander of Armed Forces

  • Martial Law Generally

  • Martial Law in Hawaii

  • Martial Law and Domestic Disorder

  • Response to Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

  • Detention Authority

  • Military Commissions

• Pardons

  • Overview of Pardon Power

  • Historical Background on Pardon Power

  • Pardon Power and Forms of Clemency Generally

  • Scope of Pardon Power

  • Rejection of a Pardon

  • Legal Effect of a Pardon

  • Congress's Role in Pardons

  • Presidential Self-Pardons

  • Types

    • Pardons Generally

    • Amnesties

    • Commutations, Remissions, and Reprieves