AS.190.101 Lecture 6: IAP Lecture Notes 6
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Senate must vote 2/3 to approve anything: executive agreements (president"s bypass) nothing in the constitution that says this though. Problem that a collective body faces vs a single power. President usually pursues policies that will increase the power of the executive branch | congress pursues policies for personal gains (not the collective abstract power of congress) One congress member"s contribution is so tiny compared the contributions of the president. Overtime, congress allowed this procedure to take hold: congress on the decline, executive branch on the rise (past 200 years) Framers of the constitution believe in checks in balances. Congress would be by far the most powerful branch. Legislature derives power from the fact that it"s linked to groups and forces in society. Court was the least powerful of the three branches (played a balancing role in struggles between congress and the executive. Supreme court can in effect overturn an act of congress.
