It is important to first distinguish between what it really means when we say the American government is not so much an example of separation of powers, but rather of separate institutions exercising overlapping powers. In terms of American government, it is split between the presidential powers and the congress. The congress in America is seen as the national legislative body of a country. During the creation of the American republic (1787), the person/level of government who had control was based on the establishment of a federal constitution that was constructed on a set of separate yet interlocking powers with the aim of ensuring coherence and constraint. The relationship between Congress and the presidency continues to be an unpredictable mix of conflict and cooperation of legislative inquiry and assertion coexisting with executive discretion and residual responsibility.
The partial separation of functions is the theory in which the relationship between the president and congress was established. The legislative function was given to congress, while the executive function was given to the president; …show more content…
For example, the case of the United States v Curtis wright export corporation. The principle of shared and concurrent powers has been replaced with an area of foreign policy by previous presidents under the pressure of external developments. This was evident in WWII, but became much clearer during the cold war when global conditions and the advent of nuclear arsenals ensured that even greater power flowed to the centers of executive direction. Foreign policy became increasingly recognized as an exceptional issue area in the governing responsibilities of the