Assignment chapter 15
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The new federalism is like a marriage between the government and a big business. It allows businesses to play the communities and other states to extract large amounts of taxes and subsidies from the community. For example, Exxon would like Alaska to control all-natural oil and resources, allowing Exxon to have easy access to the resources they require. When various states impose laws and regulations, conservatives use the government to change the state powers. For example, the prohibition of nuclear-plants operation, where the government’s policies are tougher (Bruggeman, 2011). The existence of the world trade organization has found a way to disempower the government.
The power of the president. We do not rely specifically on the constitutions to make our decisions because the government’s executive arm also has power. The president has so much power. He can declare war on a specific country, make and appeal the country’s laws, spend the countries money, and put the amount of tax he feels to be right. He also appoints judges and senior officers in the government. The president makes the laws, but senators can be turned down who form a veto but must be supported by two-thirds of the senators (Bruggeman, 2011). The president’s two main functions are to act as the commander in chief of the armed forces and to ensure that all laws are followed.
However, the government’s functions and power have grown enormously, but the role of war declaration remains in national and international hands. The president’s office has different administration units; for example, it has the office of managing and execution, which takes care of the president’s budget. There was a creation of the National Security Council (NSC) after world war two which served the purpose of planning military, national and international policies that affect national security. Other agents like the CIA and FBI reports directly to the NSC (Bruggeman, 2011). The president office usually enjoys the following benefits:
- The president gets all attention from the media that other politicians can only dream about getting.
- The president rewards the politicians that support the laws that he puts in place and those who do not vote to suffer.
- There being one president and low opposition, the president enjoys all the advantage of having a unitary action without question from any political power.
The foreseen King. The president claims to power that even the military can invade other countries. When they are questioned, the answer is usually that they did it for national interest; for example, they invade other countries in such as drug traffickers. The constitution does not give the president the power to order covert operations in other countries. Still, we see some presidents like George Bush have reduced the legislative arm of government into a mere rubber stamp, which has no say in the decisions the president has said (Bruggeman, 2011).
Some presidents may have different views with the congress, and when the congress insists on passing particular bills, the president needs only one-third support from either the senate or the House to make the bill to get dropped. The president has the luxury of delaying such bills by using decoy and delay to destroy the congress program’s plans.
Reference
Bruggeman, A. (2011). Superintendence Rule 48: Standardizing the Guardian ad litem System in Ohio Courts. Cap. UL, Rev., 39, 463.