--- title: "8 Article Ii Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 8 Article Ii quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Article Ii sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-powe_163402.jpg" --- > [With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-power-to-create-a-uniform-rule-of/) [Kayleigh McEnany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayleigh-mcenany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-powe_163402.jpg) > [There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the obstruction statutes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-article-ii-limits-to-a-considerable/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/benjamin-wittes-9097_acting_there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-articl_401430.jpg) > [“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-epps/article-ii-creates-an-office-president-of-the-united-states-that/) [Garrett Epps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-epps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/garrett-epps-53944_executive-branch_article-ii-creates-an-office-president-o_867738.jpg) > [If Trump wants to corruptly direct the conduct of an investigation in order to out an FBI source who was helping our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/if-trump-wants-to-corruptly-direct-the-conduct-of-an-investigation-in/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/benjamin-wittes-9097_america_if-trump-wants-to-corruptly-direct-the-c_1056384.jpg) > [The Electoral College is provided for in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. More space in the Constitution is devoted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/the-electoral-college-is-provided-for-in-article-ii-section-1-of-the/) [Kayleigh McEnany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayleigh-mcenany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_the-electoral-college-is-provided-for-in_1095414.jpg) > [When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/when-the-president-acts-he-must-do-so-pursuant-to-constitutionally/) [Kayleigh McEnany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayleigh-mcenany/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_article_when-the-president-acts-he-must-do-so-pu_1167671.jpg) > [Article II of the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon was just the simple fact that he talked about and suggested the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/article-ii-of-the-articles-of-impeachment-against-richard-nixon-was/) [Monica Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/monica-crowley-7194_about_article-ii-of-the-articles-of-impeachmen_1289088.jpg) > [How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/how-exactly-the-obstruction-of-justice-statutes-interact-with-the/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/benjamin-wittes-9097_constitution_how-exactly-the-obstruction-of-justice-s_1840790.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/article-ii/#itemlist", "name": "Article Ii Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in Article I, making it a power of Congress and not the President.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kayleigh McEnany" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-power-to-create-a-uniform-rule-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-powe_163402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-powe_163402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/kayleigh-mcenany-5451_constitution_with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-powe_163402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in…” — Kayleigh McEnany", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the obstruction statutes to the president when he is acting in his capacity as chief law-enforcement officer of the country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Wittes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-article-ii-limits-to-a-considerable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/benjamin-wittes-9097_acting_there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-articl_401430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/benjamin-wittes-9097_acting_there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-articl_401430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/benjamin-wittes-9097_acting_there-is-no-doubt-in-my-mind-that-articl_401430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the…” — Benjamin Wittes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have projected their hopes and fears. There is no Homeric catalogue of presidential powers; at the same time, there is no Levitical set of prohibitions. Article I names (and thus demands the existence of) officials from other branches—the vice president to preside, the chief justice to oversee presidential impeachment trials. Article I also dictates some officers and internal organization of the Houses of Congress—there will be a speaker for the House, a president pro tempore for the Senate. By contrast, Article II has nothing to say about the internal organization of the “executive branch”; it does not mention a Cabinet or any specific official below the president. Article I sets out a list of things that Congress may do and the states may not. Article II tells us nothing about the president’s relationship to the states; it is as if they are to be acquainted only through Congress. Article I tells us in detail what Congress may not do; Article II says almost nothing about what the president may not do. Article II tells us there will be a president, and it tells us (quite ineptly) how the president will be picked. 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