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Similarities Between The President Of The United States And Congress

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The president of the United States and Congress have shared foreign policy powers. This means that for one thing the president can do, Congress can back it or make it fail. For example, the president is the commander-in-chief and can command the troops, yet, Congress is the one who can decide if we are at war. This shared power can be confusing as it can fall into each other’s responsibilities, causing them to overlap. This overlap according to Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, “a zone of twilight in which [the president] and Congress may have concurrent authority, or in which its distribution is uncertain.” This “Twilight Zone” is trouble for American foreign policy. With both powers trying to take control, the president and Congress
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