Powers of the US President: What Should it Be?

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Eligibility:
Must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (can be born abroad of parents who are American citizens).
Must be at least 35 years of age.
Must be a resident of the United States for at least 14 years

Powers:
1. Serve as commander in chief of the armed forces: deployments longer than 60 days must have congressional approval
2. Commission officers of the armed forces
3. Grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment)
4. Convene Congress in special sessions
5. Receive ambassadors
6. Take care that the laws be faithfully executed
7. Wield the "executive power": executive orders, for example.
8. Appoint Cabinet officials, White House staff, and Supreme Court justices
9. Make treaties
10. Appoint ambassadors, Cabinet members and Supreme Court justices
11. Approve legislation. veto legislation
12. National Security, classified information, declassify information.

6. Take care that the laws be faithfully executed

We should take this away from the President, it just like totally makes him like practically a dictator when he enforces laws created by another branch of the govt. Like enforcing laws enacted by Congress as an example in regards to illegal immigrants, who does he think he is, following the law........

Congress should be walking through flames ASS high to fix legislation and folks need to stop pretending the president has infinite all-encompassing power.

Originally posted by dadudemon
You see the poll, let's vote.

3. Grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment)

7. Wield the "executive power": executive orders, for example.

Agree with all but these.

3. All legal issues should be decided within the judicial system, no exceptions. This should apply at the state level as well.

7. Congress is supposed to make the laws. Executive orders are de facto laws. Presidents are not supposed to be dictators, executive orders basically makes them as such

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I prefer a parliamentary system; typically in homogenous societies. In the US's case I am for the status quo of maintaining the Executive branch's current powers in order to maintain stability.