Recent discussion of the 14th Amendment has motivated me to take another look at this Reconstruction Era Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The most familiar part of the 14th Amendment is its prohibition of State deprivation of “life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” A close second is the prohibition of State denial […]
Looking at Article II Section 2 of the United States Constitution, one sees the presidential power to nominate and to appoint individuals such as Ambassadors and Judges of the Supreme Court. While it is accepted that Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of their appointing president, there is no Section 2 mention of the duration of […]