This included the Case – Zablocki Act of 1972, which forced the President to inform Congress of any executive agreements within 60 days of it happening and the War Powers Act of 1973 which reinforced Congress ' ability to be the one to authorise the use of troops. These actions arguably lead to another new era of the 'imperilled presidency ', in which the President was far more restricted in power to act without …show more content…
But, certainly in the sphere of foreign policy has since rescinded almost back to where they started with a President currently seeming to commit troops to another war in Iraq with no congressional authorisation. The events of September of 9/11 and the current war on terror seemingly allowed the imperial presidency to return to an imperial role because of public opinion – reversing the effects of Watergate to some degree. This, in theory, should have led to a return of the imperial presidency. But to apply that tag to Obama 's reign seems inappropriate, his constant struggles with Congress to apply any meaningful legislature at home during his two terms make it incredibly hard to apply that term to him. So perhaps the political scientist Aaron Wildavsky 's theory of a presidency that is strong abroad but weak at home is the most accurate in describing the modern