Powers of the Legislative and Executive Branch The Founders of our country created the “Constitution of the United States” to keep the power of government separated into three branches of government, so one entity could not control the whole nation. These include the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches. The Legislative and Executive branches use their powers to create rules and regulation for the nation. Though our Founders emphasized and documented the powers of these branches in the Constitution, the powers of the Executive branch were very vague. Over the past two centuries the power of the Executive branch has increased because of the growing expanse of the Executive branch and the ability of the presidency to exercise their power quickly, compared to the Legislative branch.
Under the Constitution, the first article states that, “All legislative powers herein …show more content…
In this section the Founders wrote the following, “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years…” The role of the executive branch is to carry out and enforce the laws of our nation. Similar to Congress, the president also has legislative powers. One of those, is the power to veto bills sent to him by Congress, unless both houses overturn his veto with a two thirds majority vote. Many of the bills drafted by Congress are initiated by the executive branch. The president also has the power to issue executive orders, which are binding under federal law. President Obama once said, “I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders” (Barack Obama, n.d). Another power of the presidency, is to send the armed forces of the country to war and make treaties with counties. Examples of this are the Gulf and Vietnam wars, along with the recent nuclear treaty been negotiating with
Under the Constitution, the first article states that, “All legislative powers herein …show more content…
In this section the Founders wrote the following, “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years…” The role of the executive branch is to carry out and enforce the laws of our nation. Similar to Congress, the president also has legislative powers. One of those, is the power to veto bills sent to him by Congress, unless both houses overturn his veto with a two thirds majority vote. Many of the bills drafted by Congress are initiated by the executive branch. The president also has the power to issue executive orders, which are binding under federal law. President Obama once said, “I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders” (Barack Obama, n.d). Another power of the presidency, is to send the armed forces of the country to war and make treaties with counties. Examples of this are the Gulf and Vietnam wars, along with the recent nuclear treaty been negotiating with