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A populist President can be mitigated by Congress if they choose to act and also take back some of the executive powers they gave the President.

• jaywalk 7y ago
  Congress doesn't give the President anything except money. Executive powers come from the Constitution, not Congress. To put it simply: the President does not serve at the pleasure of Congress.
  • sjg007 7y ago
    Yes the executive powers in the Constitution are obviously not governed by Congress but Congress has indeed delegated some their responsibilities to the President. These, known as the emergency powers, are what I am referring to. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/preside...
    • jaywalk 7y ago
      That's all well and good, but those are powers that have never been used since they've been granted, and that article is just a bunch of "Trump is so scary, look at all this stuff he could do!" tripe.
  • Der_Einzige 7y ago
    have you ever heard of the "Take care" clause?