Article II defines the power of the executive branch.
Article II
The Constitution of the United States of America is made up of a preamble and seven articles. It is the first article that defines the powers and limits of the Legislative branch of the government. The second article of the Constitution defines the powers of the Executive branch of government, and the third article of the Constitution defines the powers of the Judicial branch of government.
The powers of the judicial branch are contained in Article III of the Constitution, but those powers are not over the executive branch...they are separate from the powers of the legislative and executive branches.
The powers of the Executive Branch are defined in Article XI.
Each of these branches has a distinct and essential role in the function of the government, and they were established in Articles 1 (legislative), 2 (executive) and 3 (judicial) of the U.S. Constitution.
The first three articles of the Constitution explain the three branches of government and their powers. It begins with the Legislative Branch in the first article, then the Executive Branch in the second article and the Judicial Branch in the third article.
Article 3 defines Judicial Powers and makes them a distinct separate branch of the Federal Government of the United States.
Article 1 of the constitution defines the legislative branch.
Separation of powers.
the powers and responsibility of the three branches of government
Under its preamble, and each of the first three articles: We the People (preamble), Legislative (article 1), Executive (article 2), and Judicial (article 3).
Article II, which provides for the powers of the Executive Branch