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The President was most definitely given restricted powers, checked by Congress, by the Senate, and by the Bill of Rights. I.8: Congress, not the President, has
by mkempe 11y ago
The President was most definitely given restricted powers, checked by Congress, by the Senate, and by the Bill of Rights.
I.8: Congress, not the President, has the power to declare war; to raise and support armies; to provide and maintain a Navy.
II.2: Treaties require advice and consent of the Senate.
Bill of Rights: No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner... The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated... The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- tptacek 11y agoHis point isn't that the President has unlimited powers overall; it's that the powers delegated to the President are generally exercised at the discretion of the President. Look no further than the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, our third President and a staunch opponent of a powerful executive branch: practically upon obtaining office he launched a covert military offensive without the authorization of Congress! If Jefferson wielded a particular kind of executive power, and Adams advocated for that power, and Madison did the same, it becomes difficult to suggest that the framers intended something different in the language of the Constitution they wrote.