Why The Executive Branch Is The Most Powerful

Since the founding of America, the U.S. government has played a crucial role as both the backbone and a lead contributor to the development of the country. The government which is known to be split up into three branches, are commonly known as the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. They were created with the ideal purpose of equally distributing power to prevent a monarchy. Of course not all things go as planned, because over time, one particular branch started to become more powerful than the others. That branch is known as the Executive Branch, and it currently holds the most amount of influence over the other branches. And despite much evidence proving this fact, many people still argue that the other two branches have more influence. But in the midst of all this, the Executive Branch still reigns as most powerful because of the vagueness of the U.S. Constitution, the President is Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army, but most importantly the support the President acquires from the people.

Constitution, signed in 1787 is an important document in United States history. It outlined the basic foundation of our government and is still in use today. But one may ask, how does that add to the executive branch’s power? The answer lies in the documents vagueness. The U.S. Constitution is, to put bluntly, incredibly vague and a bit difficult to interpret. Article II of the Constitution states, “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America”(Article-2,Section-1). There is nowhere in the Constitution that has an clear definition for what ‘executive power’ means. But because of that, the President is able to overstep some boundaries concerning what he can and cannot do, which overall adds to the branch’s