Source: The Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Presidents love to point out that they’re ‘chief executives,’ but the emphasis always seems to be on ‘chief.’ What is an executive? One who executes. What does the president execute? The law, as passed by Congress. The president, according to the Constitution, is ‘chief of doing whatever Congress says to do’ on everything, foreign policy included. The Supreme Court serves as referee when arguments arise as to the constitutionality of Congress’s instructions or the president’s execution of those instructions. Congressional abdication of responsibility and judicial abdication of authority have, over time, given us an ‘imperial presidency’ of which Donald Trump is just the current instance.” (04/15/25)