Source: Law & Liberty
by Peter J Wallison
“The [US Supreme] Court’s reading of the Framers’ intentions suggests that the Framers wanted the president, acting unilaterally, to use his presidential powers as though he were a tribune of the people, not just as the official responsible for enforcing or executing the laws. But this idea cannot be found in the accounts of how the Constitutional Convention created the presidency. … compared to Congress, the president still had only the authority to execute the laws, to be the commander in chief in wartime, and to ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed.’ Congress itself had eighteen specific powers, such as laying taxes, coining and borrowing money, declaring war, and raising and supporting armies.” (07/30/25)