GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oval Office, Margaret D. Tutwiler, Establishment Clause
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Constitutional foundations of presidential power for foreign policy. Executive authority over foreign policy is anchored in two articles of the constitution: Gives president broad executive powers, which many take to include predominance over foreign policy. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of. Used to legitimate force around the world (esp. after ww2) without a congressional declaration of war. Most presidents perceive their office as having few if any constraints from other branches in the conduct and even initiation of armed conflict. The president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the. United states, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the united states. article ii, section 2. He shall have the power, by and with the advice and consent of the.
