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**tinamasak** · 04-18-2011, 01:26 PM

Congress cannot pass laws taking away the constitutional powers of the President. If they can, the branches aren't co-equal.

Yes, legally they can pass whatever they want, even something unconstitutional. They do it all the time. But, here are the powers of the President:

-commander and chief of the army and navy, and militias when called into service
-to require the opinion of officers in the executive dept
-to pardon
-to make treaties with the consent of congress
-to appoint officers of the state
-to fill vacancies
-to reccomend measures to, convene, and adjourn congress
-to recieve ambassadors
-to take care that the laws are executed
-commision officers of the state
-oh, and any powers congress gives him

Thats it. Almost every other operation of govt is the power of congress.

04-18-2011, 01:26 PM	#22
tinamasak Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Congress cannot pass laws taking away the constitutional powers of the President. If they can, the branches aren't co-equal. Yes, legally they can pass whatever they want, even something unconstitutional. They do it all the time. But, here are the powers of the President: -commander and chief of the army and navy, and militias when called into service -to require the opinion of officers in the executive dept -to pardon -to make treaties with the consent of congress -to appoint officers of the state -to fill vacancies -to reccomend measures to, convene, and adjourn congress -to recieve ambassadors -to take care that the laws are executed -commision officers of the state -oh, and any powers congress gives him Thats it. Almost every other operation of govt is the power of congress.
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