The President 's Powers Of The United States

Most of the specifications for the executive branch in the Constitution, other than how he is to be elected, have to deal with the interactions between Congress and the President. The president can (fill in the blank) but only if (this part) of Congress approves. The powers of the president have been interpreted widely so that he has more power than I believe the Framers intended. They wanted him to be able to check Congress with veto power and be the head of the military. However, I think that presidents nowadays have too much power. They are active in trying force their policy agenda through Congress, manage foreign relations, and act as the administrative head of the entire nation. The textbook lays it out well in, "The vast size of the executive branch and the number and complexity of decisions that must be made each day pose a challenge for the White House.” (316) In order to deal with the stresses put on the executive branch, there are thousands of employees that work to give the president the information that he needs to make decisions. He has advisors, cabinet members, legislative liaisons; the list goes on and on, but he is the person who actually gets to make all of the choices. The President is limited in some ways and given more power in other ways by the structure laid out for him in the Constitution, and evolved to be what it is now.

Another very notable role of the President also outlined in Article II. Section 2. of the Constitution and reads, “He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court(http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html). It essentially gives the President power to make treaties with foreign nations however, two-thirds of Congress must be in agreement with the decision. Although the President, or the Executive Branch can be interpreted as the most authoritative arm of government, its powers are still limited and restricted by the process of checks and balances. Each branch of government has some governance over the other two divisions. For instance, just as it is outlined above, the President can nominate Ambassadors and Judges of the Supreme Court but the decision must be upheld by Congress. In other words, under the "Advice and Consent clause the appointed member must be sworn in by the Senate. Again, this is an example of how the system of checks and balances limits the powers of the President.

The framers of the constitution did many things that limited the power of the president by creating impeachment, checks and balances, executive privilege, and allowing the legislature to declare war. However they gave the president too much power because they allow the president to court packing, they allow him to announce important events to the public, and allowing presidents to issue many executive orders. A president must be at least thirty five years old, a natural born citizen, and live in the United states (U.S.) for at least 14 years. The president is allowed to serve four year terms when he or she is elected.

Checks and balances prevents any one branch from having too much power by making three branches work together. Document C is an excerpt from the Federalist Paper #51 by James Madison explaining that each branch has the right to check one another. According to Document C, “...the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other…” This quote shows that each branch has the power to check another branch. The president can nominate judges to be apart of the court (executive checks judicial). The court can declare laws unconstitutional (judicial checks legislative). Last but not least, congress can override a president’s veto with ⅖ of the votes and can impeach the president.

In America’s pre-revolutionary days, the American people were oppressed by King George III and his unfair policies. After winning independence from Great Britain, America’s leaders decided that a weak central government provided by the Articles of Confederation would solve their former issues with tyrannical powers. However, the Articles failed after only a few years and the new country was in need of a strong central government and a leader, which the Constitution provided. The framers of the Constitution created an executive branch because America was in need for a leader due to the failure of the Articles of Confederation to provide a strong central government. The three branches of government were created in order to evenly distribute power to avoid tyrannical rule. The president was given the power to issue executive orders, however, the president’s powers was limited by a series of check and balances made by Congress and the judicial branch to avoid to rise of a tyrannical leader like King George III.

However, the power of the presidency arises from both express powers and applied powers under the US Constitution. In discussing the express powers of the presidency, we must first look to the express language of the US Constitution. The President is defined, among his duties, to be the commander in chief of the military. This means that everyone within the armed services must look to the President as the ultimate military authority.

In the two articles, Presidential Power, by Richard Neustadt and also, Paradoxes of American Presidency, by Cronin and Genovese explains the inabilities and also the powers of the President. In the first detailed article that I mentioned , Presidential Power, explains all the roles and responsibilities of being the president. It explains all the president's roles such as Chief Legislator, Chief Administrator, and Chief of Party, which are all extremely important jobs that have to be done. Presidential Power gives a clear definition of the president's duties and how powerful he really is. The president has duties and responsibilities that has to be done. I believe that the president has as much power as anyone believes he has. After studying and analyzing the two articles, Presidential Power, and Paradoxes of American Presidency, I made a conclusion that the president is a powerful man, but in no way, he is too powerful.

The President’s Action: The first issue to address, is whether the president acted within his presidential powers elaborated in Article II of the U.S Constitution when ordering the seizure the Tomanian Submarine. The President did not violate his executive powers by seizing the ship, due to the factors of the case, legal precedent, and principles constitutionally authorizing him to do so. The Prize Cases, is a relevant legal precedent to this issue. The Supreme Court ruled that President Lincoln in 1863 held the power to use military action without Congressional authorization in times of national emergencies. Furthermore, the Court highlighted the Act of Congress of 1795 and 1807 which authorized the President to use military and naval forces in cases of invasion by foreign nation. In a subsequent case,  in response to the growing opposition to the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Power Resolution of 1973 which imposed further limitation on the presidential war powers. The statue of the resolution follows that “The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce the United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces” (War Powers

So my conclusion is the president has the most power in the constitution. The constitution was made so not one form of government will have all the power like in other countries. As ronald reagan said “ the government’s first duty is to protect the people not to run their lives”. This quote just states that that the government has to protect the country better. And i believe the president has the most power to do that. The thing is the president’s power has never been over the limit or too much. But it was never meant to be that way. That’s the beauty of this country one branch of government has the most power but i believe it was always meant to be that way. A country that has a leader with power, but that doesn’t rule and dictate its people

In the admittedly short life time of the Presidential branch its occupants have taken massive strides in empowering and strengthening their office. At times a case could be made that the executive has aspired to too much; threating essential American political values, such is the case of President Franklin Roosevelt who secured a third term of office ignoring precedent and tradition. However, evidence would suggest that for any significant step a president takes towards increasing their power; often results in an equal and opposite reaction. That is not to say that our presidents are weak, in actuality we see that our presidents have significantly increased their power to wage war

Throughout the history of the United States, the three branches of government had experienced their respective highs and lows. During creation of the United States Constitution, its authors had a preconceived notion that the legislative branch would end up being the more capable of the other two branches of government. All things considered, the legislative branch was a leading force for states amid the Revolutionary War and amid the Articles of Confederation years. The vast majority of the Bill of Rights starts with the expression "Congress shall make no law." That being said, like the sentiments during the Revolutionary Period and amid the Articles of

The President was elected to run the country and therefore, has the most power of any individual. However, he cannot make a majority of the decisions alone and must make sure he keeps the approval of others in order to keep his job. The Constitution struck a fairly proper balance between empowering and limiting power of the President of the United States, but limited the power more so than empowering. Although the Constitution claimed the President as the leader of the Unites States, he is not able to single-handedly make decisions that affect our country. He is a large influence in a majority of the decisions in the government of the United States. However, he does not have complete authority over others and many of the decisions are

The president of the United States is without a doubt the most powerful person in the world. However, interestingly, the Framers of the United States Constitution had not intended for this to be the case. The Framers resolutely created and wrote the Constitution to establish separation of powers between the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. In doing so, the Constitution laid the foundation of checks-and-balances in order not to create an accumulation of a central authority or

The president of the united states are granted powers but that doesn't mean he has all the power when it comes to making important decisions for America. He or she has multiple different powers but they all fall under two kinds of powers one being Formal which gives the president Executive power which they can faithfully execute laws, treaties, and court decisions also can remove and appoint new officials for office if there was to be any kind of emergency they assume emergency powers as well there are thousands of bills that come through the president office with have formal power he is able to sign or veto these bills as well. by having formal powers the president hand picks

In the government there are three very distinct branches; the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Each branch has been affected by the constitution in its own way, often with a section written specifically for each one. The rights of the President of the United States as given through the executive branch can be found Article II of the Constitution. Section 1 of Article II states that the President shall be vested executive power, thus, the Executive Order was created.