Strong Executive Branch Essay

Since the founders created the constitution there has been many debates pertaining the need for a strong government or weak government. Many argue that a strong executive will encourage abuse of power, whereas a weak executive branch will decrease that chance. I agree with Hamilton when he stated that () “a feeble executive implies a feeble executive of the government. A feeble executive is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government” (). I believe even though a strong government might induce an urge to abuse power, a strong executive branch will benefit the government because a strong government will bring changes in a timely manner and will give …show more content…
Benefits like prevention of abuse of power, state level needs are heard more, and bills that would potential be bad for the country are re-thought about by the houses are just some benefits. Although these are good benefits the United States needs a strong leader that can bring about change in an effective way and a timely manner. That would only come with having a strong executive branch. A strong executive branch would eliminate the back and forth voting that occurs in the houses when there is a democratic president and majority is republican or vice versa. Without the back and forth vote bills would get passed in a timely manner and would become effective sooner, bringing change faster to those who will be effected. A weaker executive branch will prevent abuse of power but it will render the executive branch weak in areas that it needs to be strong in like making efficient …show more content…
The separation of powers is designed to make the branches balanced and prevent too much power being in the hands of one person. Separation of powers weaken the power of the executive branch by spreading power to the other branches. It took away the core powers that the executive branch needs to make effective decisions. As Hamilton stated ()But the multiplication of the Executive adds to the difficulty of detection in either case. It often becomes impossible, amidst mutual accusations, to determine on whom the blame or the punishment of a pernicious measure, or series of pernicious measures, ought really to fall. It is shifted from one to another with so much dexterity, and under such plausible appearances, that the public opinion is left in suspense about the real author .()Separating the powers also gives the public no one to blame when things go wrong. The country will not be able to change and take out what or who needs to be taken out in because there is no one person to