How are cabinet members of the president chosen and approved?
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The president chooses his cabinet members from a list of possibles, generally drawn up with input from his political party.  A lot of times they are people to whom he owes favors, such as people who worked hard for him on his campaign.  Then the Senate must approve them.  They hold hearings and conduct investigations, and pay a lot of attention to what the media says, and what they perceive their party members want.  Then they vote whether or not to confirm the cabinet member.
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They weren't drawing a government salary, and they were acting as a private set of advisors to the President. It was 100% constitutional. The real cabinet runs departments, and has a constitutional role in the line of sucession, etc, thus they are required to be confirmed by the Senate. But Andrew Jackson was perfectly free to assembly an indepedent group of advisors.
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George Washington did not create the cabinet, but he did urge Congress to recognize the deparments of foreign affairs, treasury and war. Once Congress approved of the President's request, Washington appointed the first members to serve in that executive branch capacity.\n\nThey included:\n\nThomas Jefferson (Sec'y of Foreign Affairs, though the name was quickly changed to Secretary of State)\n\nAlexander Hamilton (Secretary of the Treasury)\n\nHenry Knox (Secretary of War)\n\nEdmund Randolph (Attorney General)\n\nIn the original cabinet, the Attorney General was not the head of the Department of Justice
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Every year, a different member of the President's cabinet is chosen to not be present during the State of Union Address.\n\nTonight, that cabinet member is the Secretary of the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Mr. James Nicholson.  He was kept in a secure, undisclosed location during the speech.
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The United States federal government is divided into three branches: Executive (the President), Judiciary (the Supreme Court), and Legislative (Congress).\n\nCongress's job is to draft, deliberate, and vote on laws.  The Congress also keeps the other two branches in check, as all Supreme Court nominees must be confirmed by Congress, as do most Presidential nominations and decision.  Technically, at least, it is Congress that declares war, and Congress also has the power to censure or impeach the President.
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The House and the Senate introduce the legislation and refer it to a committee and sub-committe to be discussed and then voted on. If the committes approve, it must be voted on by the House and Senate members. Then, it seek the approval of the president, who can veto or sign the bill.
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You have 2 elected officials, The President and The Vice President.  That is the extent as to the elected officials, yet you have the Cabinent Posts as well as the large organizations they all have working under them.  You have several lawyers working as White House Counsel, the NSA and so forth.  I imagine that there is an actual number someplace, however the number of appointed jobs in the excecutive branch of government is staggering to say the least.  The CIA and FBI directors are appointed positions as well.  The thing to remember though is there are only 2 elected officials and they run for office as a ticket. The  rest of Executive Branch are all appointed, and under them are hired employee's.
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The executive branch is allowed to veto acts of congress, and is supposed to carry out the laws that congress passes. Congress passes laws and amendments that they feel the courts or the executive need to carry out. Also, they confirm appointments made by the president to the executive branch and the judicial branch. The courts are a check on the power of both the executive and congress by ruling on wether things are  allowed based on the constitution. If a court decides something is not constitutional, the law is deemed void.\n\nIn theory they should be the same; however, in practice the Executive branch has been the most powerful over the years. Then congress, and finally the judicial. However, the judicial branch seems to make vital decisions every once in awhile.
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Congress can impeach justices and appoint nominations.\nThe President is the only one that can appoint justices.
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There is the Executive Branch, the Judiciary Branch and the Legislative Branch.\n\nExecutive:\nThis is like the President and such. You could draw the White House or something. Prez has the power to veto laws.\n\nJudiciary:\nSupreme Court and stuff. You could draw one of those hammer-thingys that judges always use. Gavels or something? Anyway, they interpret the laws from the Constitution.\n\nLegislative:\nCongress --> Senate + House of Reps. They make the laws.
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If you are talking about the President's Cabinet in the US,the president appoints them.  I don't know about the current members, but I know that positions include Attorney General and Secretary of:\nState\nHomeland Security\nDefense\nInterior\nAgriculture\nTreasury\nCommerce\nLabor\nHousing and Urban Development\nTransportation\nEducation\nEnergy\nHealth and Human Services\n...and I am too lazy to write more.  go to
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The President is elected by Parliament from the candidates which have been nominated by the government. Our current president is APJ Abdul Kalam and the next presidential elections are due in 2007
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Nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, like every other Administration cabinet position.\nThe Nominee isn't required to be an attorney.
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This difficult because the majority of the cabinet must be chosen from members of the legislature.  This mingling of responsibilities is by definition not a separation of poweres.
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The House impeaches the president, the Senate tries. This also goes for all other government officials who are impeached. The Senate confirms major government officials, including members of the Supreme Court. The House has the power to choose the President under the scenario where no candidate has a majority of electoral votes (this happened in the past with the election of John Quincy Adams and many say this should have happened with the Bush-Gore contest).
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Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States are elected every four years indirectly through the United States Electoral College. They are the only nationally-elected offices in the United States, since executive officers and judges are appointed, United States Senators are elected at the state level, and United States Representatives are elected at the district level.\n\nOn election day, the voting public selects its preferred candidate, usually by voting for a slate of electors put forward by the candidate's party. The ballots for each voting citizen typically has the names of the candidates for President and Vice President (running together on a ticket), and votes for those individuals translate at the state level into votes for the electors chosen from their respective parties. Although State Legislatures have the constitutional power to appoint slates of electors, all fifty states have established popular election of presidential electors. In December, following the general election, Electors gather at their respective State capitals to cast their ballots, which are then transmitted to Congress under the care of the sitting Vice President of the United States. Originally, under Article 2, the electors cast two votes for the office of President, the individual with the most votes becoming President, the runner up becoming Vice President. This changed with the 12th amendment, with each elector casting one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. The ballots are counted and certified in January before both houses of Congress. Should a candidate for either President or Vice President fail to achieve a majority of votes, the United States House of Representatives (voting by state) chooses the next president from among the candidates while the United States Senate (voting normally) selects the vice president.
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technically he is appointed by congress through the votes of the electoral college which is why we do not use a popular vote to decide. very old fashioned way to collect votes in this day and age