How Does It Undermine The Executive Branch In International Affairs?

That’s right congress seems to have a grudge of sorts on the executive branch. This could be from a number of things, it could be that they see the president as some annoying co-worker that just deleted their last months project, every time the president vetos. We all know this must be frusterating be cause im sure we have all been in their place. And if congress breathing down his neck wasnt bad enough, one of the only checks that the executive branch has can be overridden. That means that the thing that is supposed to stope legislation from passing can be passed. Which isn’t tha tbad of a thing because if congress passes legislation which means there is aleady a majority. So when one man says no and then even more men say yes i think we can all see where the real preoblem

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, North Korea made an announcement that their hydrogen bomb testing was successful, resulting in “raised cries of indignation from the international community”. In the past the U.N had implemented sanctions against North Korea for continuing their development in nuclear weapons in 2006, 2009, 2013. Yet despite this, on Monday March 14, 2016, DPRK Today reported that a fifth test would be run and a new test involving ballistic missiles would also be included. Mr. Jongun had explained that the reason his country is now involving ballistic missiles is “. . . [so that] the warheads [are able] to survive heat and turbulence

Secondly all communications between North and South will be cut off, and the South Korean ships and airliners be banned from passing through North Korean territorial waters and airspace. According to Yonhap news official said in a statement “This is a deliberate provocation aimed to spark off another military conflict in the West Sea of Korea and thus push to a war phase the present north-south relations”.

However, some ways the president’s power gets limited includes needing the approval of the Senate for treaties and appointing government officials, not being able to officially declare war, and not being able to make any laws as their own opinion unless they make an executive order. The Constitution gave these powers to the president so the executive branch limits what the Congress can do. For example, if the president does not gain the veto law power, the Congress would force the president to sign all laws passed by the Congress. As a result, the Congress would be similar to the British monarch when they tightened control over the 13 colonies, making laws that only benefits themselves. Article 2 section 2 lists the powers of the president, and how the president gets limited on

Since the 1950’s North Korea has posed as dangerous threat to The United States and its allies. With North Korea development of Nuclear arms and its consistent hostile rhetoric and actions towards the United States. With the North Korea’s development of a long range ICBM, more now than ever the United States has been put into a position where its and many of its

Currently, numerous sanctions target the Iranian economy. These sanctions are implemented and enforced by the United States of America, The European Union, and several other United Nation members to include; Japan, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Australia, Norway, Switzer. Fathollah-nejad, A. (2013). These measures are necessary to enforce international laws through means other than war.

In foreign policy, there are two types of executive agreements, treaties and international agreements or executive agreements. The president is able to create a treaty with another country but needs two-thirds of the U.S. Senates’ advice and consent for the treaty to pass. “Joint possession of the power in question, by the President and Senate, would afford a greater prospect of security than the separate possession of it by either of them” (Milkis and Nelson, 2016). The Constitution believed that it would be safer for the United States if both the executive and legislative branches worked together to create treaties. An example of a treaty is the Jay Treaty. The Jay Treat was between the United States and Great Britain, but there were some issues with this treaty. Other politicians and citizens did not like what the treaty stated. They believed “the Jay Treat unconstitutionally undermined the separate of powers” (Demmer, 2015). But they could not take any action because senate already gave the two-thirds approval. For treaties, Congress has the power to accept or decline what the president writes. “The Constitution of the United States, has empowered Congress, and not the president” (Demmer, 2015). This means Congress has more power in leading foreign policy. Then there is the executive agreement which “brought into force with respect to the United States on a constitutional basis other than with the advice and consent of Senate” (“Treaty vs. Executive Agreement”).

If the President were to veto a beneficial law that went against his or her beliefs or that would take away from his or her power, the congressional veto could allow the law to be passed anyway. For example, in 1845, Congress vetoed President John Tyler’s veto of a law denied him the ability to use federal funds to build revenue cutter ships without congressional approval. If Congress had not have vetoed Tyler’s veto, then the President would have had more power and could potentially abuse this power as well.

The bill itself seems harmless, but attorneys argued that the bill would make it difficult to challenge the validity of foreclosure records when reports of improperly foreclosed homes were increasing. To ensure that the unintended effects of the bill wouldn’t harm consumers, President Obama vetoed it and sent it back to Congress. This is where the system of checks and balances is used. When the president disagrees with a legislation passed by Congress, he has the right to veto the bill as the executive branches check and balance against the power of the legislative branch. President Obama’s actions showed how the executive branch can check the legislative branch by vetoing bills that could potentially harm the public welfare of the nation.

One of the most prominent issues that arise within the President’s powers to get things approved is the U.S. Constitution itself. Usually the result of congressional override; not only does it limits powers of the President but Congress, as well. It comes downs to the approval of a bill, the proposed legislation goes through congress before a decision is made. As we learned, if a President veto’s a bill, Congress is allowed to override it with 2/3’s vote. Vice versa, if congress proposes a bill, the Presidents has some rights approve

By definition, executive orders (EOs) are legal orders that were given by the president without congressional approval and it has the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress (This Nation). In modern times, President Obama has passed 193 executive orders and the most recent one is regarding to immigration reforms (Presidency). Immigration reform has always been a controversial topic to talk about. Obama’s decision on executing this new immigration reform has potential issues because it violates the constitution in regards to the checks and balance system that the government had installed, however if he doesn’t put up this reform the nation will not be able to move forward.

(Smith, 277) Congress has an important relationship with the president because their main responsibility is to enact legislation that is right for the country considering the proposed budget given by the president. In order for a bill to become a law, the language must be approved by the majority vote in both the House and Senate. Then the proposed law goes to the president and if he approves the proposal, the bill becomes law. However, if the President returns the bill to Congress unsigned, Congress has to re-pass the law by a two-thirds majority in both houses before the bill becomes law. Although it may seem that Congress might have a lot of power than the president, that is not necessarily the case. The president has a lot of powers given to him by the Constitution, formal and informal. Formal powers are powers that you can trace back to the Constitution like the commander in chief and veto power, executive order, power to create budget, etc. Informal powers are powers that aren’t traceable to a constitution or law but are still given to the president for example, removing resources, providing incentives, etc. In the bill drafting process, the president can use the veto power to refuse to approve a bill therefore preventing its enactment into law if he does

In this paper, I will investigate on whether the president can make federal law on a matter via executive order when there are no laws on that matter. First and foremost, what is an executive order? An executive order is a rule or order issued but the president that carries the force of law (ThisNation.com) . In addition “Executive Orders are generally used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies” (ThisNation.com). Furthermore, an executive order does not need congressional approval and can make policies with or without congress. Presidents do this for multiple reasons, to avoid opposition in congress, to unilaterally and swiftly make policy changes, and in some cases such

Alternatively, his serial provocations could incite a South Korean or US military response that creates an unstoppable escalation spiral. The logic of Trump’s ‘America First’ policy contains the rationale for preventing North Korea from acquiring the capacity to strike the US mainland, regardless of the scale and gravity of the harm inflicted on South Koreans, Japanese and others in the region. The Kim dynasty has outwitted the United States with more tenacity, resourcefulness and single-minded determination. There is nothing the world can offer Kim that he would value more than his prized bomb. More sanctions suffer from the law of diminishing returns. Any country is exposed to the threat of sanctions when it is fully integrated into

     Sanctions intended to change the behavior or government of a target country are very difficult to design. They have to be imposed as quickly and easily as possible.(Library of Economics) By moving too slowly, it gives the target country time to adjust by finding alternative markets, finding new allies, and by gaining domestic support of its own policies.