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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article II. Executive Branch
  4. Section III
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    Section 3 Duties
    • The President's Legislative Role
      • Head of State
        • Early Doctrine on Receiving Ambassadors and Public Ministers
          • Specific Cases on Receiving Ambassadors and Public Ministers
            • Modern Doctrine on Receiving Ambassadors and Public Ministers
            • Enforcer of Laws
              • Overview of Take Care Clause
                • Who Can Fulfill the Take Care Duty
                  • Relationship Between Take Care Clause and President's Removal Power
                    • Removal Power as the President's Primary Means of Supervision
                      • Interpretations of Law as Part of the President's Take Care Duties
                        • The President's Take Care Duties and International Law
                          • Impounding Appropriated Funds
                          • Executive Privilege
                            • Overview of Executive Privilege
                              • Defining Executive Privileges
                                • State Secrets Privilege
                                  • Presidential Communications Privilege Generally
                                    • Congressional Access to Presidential Information
                                      • Prosecutorial and Grand Jury Access to Presidential Information
                                        • Statutory Requirements and Communications Privilege
                                          • Separation of Powers and Communications Privilege
                                            • Former Presidents and Communications Privilege
                                              • Deliberative Process and Law Enforcement Privileges
                                              • Presidential Immunity
                                                • Presidential Immunity to Suits and Official Conduct
                                                  • Presidential Immunity to Suits and Unofficial Conduct
                                                    • Qualified Immunity Doctrine
                                                      • Criminal Prosecution, Presidential Immunity and Former Presidents

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