Legislative Vesting Clause

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The Legislative Vesting Clause (Article I, Section 1) of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Constitution/AJlEWNR3">United States Constitution</a> bestows the <a href="/facts/Legislative_power/ycUCe91S">legislative power</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_States_federal_government/VJCxUaf7">United States federal government</a> to the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a>. <a href="/facts/Vesting_Clauses/50IesUwd">Similar clauses</a> are found in Article II and Article III; the former bestows federal executive power exclusively in the <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President of the United States</a>, and the latter grants judicial power solely to the <a href="/facts/United_States_Supreme_Court/rJHothwW">United States Supreme Court</a>, and other federal courts established by law. These three clauses together secure a <a href="/facts/Separation_of_powers/erlL7IMq">separation of powers</a> among the three branches of the federal government, and individually, each one entrenches <a href="/facts/Checks_and_balances/erlL7IMq">checks and balances</a> on the operation and power of the other two branches.
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Legislative Vesting Clause