How The Executive Branch Abuse The Power Of Government

As a role model of a fair and free country of the world that has long being recognized for its democracy. The US’ power of government was distributed equally into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch is represented by a president, and the legislative branch is represented by a congress. According to the US Constitution, both the president and Congress have equal power and a part in foreign policy. The constitutional law allows the president the treaty power, executive agreement, and appointment power to be the dominant force in foreign policymaking. Congress is given the power of declaring war and budget-making to proclaim its role in foreign policy. While it is important to have the president as a leader,

Under Article I section 8 of the Constitution of the United Stated of America, Congress has the power to declare war, provide and maintain the Navy, as well raise support for armies. In Article II section 2 the power of the president is the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, the president assigns the ambassadors, upon consent from the Senate, also under Article 2 section 3, the president must meet with other foreign ambassadors and other public ministers. This parting caused a difference in viewpoints, with regards to Congress being a part of foreign policy. Under the authorities of the President and Congress, the relations of the executive branch and legislative branch are complicated. The executive branch abused its power in 1970, with Watergate and Vietnam giving way to discontent among the American people. Congress began to stress its dominance in foreign policy making, due to the legislative laws. They started to limit the President's power over military objectives. For example, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution over Nixon’s veto. This limited the President's power to send troops to Vietnam. Through this law, the president can only use troops abroad in three different circumstances. First, troops can be used when Congress declares war and approves the president authority to send military units to combat. Secondly, troops can also be used when the

The roles of each branch of government is balanced and acted by the constitution. The constitution grants that no branch of power will have more power than the other. The president can create bills and policies but the legislative branch is the one that decides if they whether it pass or not. In other words, the legislative branch checks the president’s decision and determines if the decision is the right one. If the legislative branch does not check the executive branch decision, then there can be possible problems that can arise such as education, tax reforms, politics, and of course military. These are some instances that the executive branch may choose a bill or decide to reform a policy on certain criteria but Congress chose to pass or not. Furthermore, it is crucial that Congress limits the executive power when it comes to financial and foreign policies. As previously mentioned, Congress has power of the purse, so they get to decide where money will be spent. One can see that when the executive and legislative branch work together, forms of policies and the nation debt can have a positive or negative result. It’s critical that Congress plays a role in checking the executive branch, for if one branch holds more power, disaster can