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The U.S. Constitution specifically grants the President as the Executive certain powers and duties. For example, in U.S. the President acts as Commander-in-Chief during a war, makes treaties with approval of Congress and has the authority to Veto proposed laws that are passed by Congress.
5 days ago · separation of powers, division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government among separate and independent bodies.
5 days ago · rule of law, the mechanism, process, institution, practice, or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government, and more generally prevents the arbitrary use of power. Arbitrariness is typical of various forms of despotism, absolutism, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism.
18 hours ago · The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. [96] The Tenth Amendment reinforces the principles of separation of powers and federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor ...
2 days ago · Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use, it defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.
4 days ago · Peter H Russell, 2011 34-2 Canadian Parliamentary Review 19, 2011 CanLIIDocs 289.
1 day ago · The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the national frame and constrains the powers of the federal government.
