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Does the President have unilateral war powers

The Executive branch is one of the three branches of government in the United States. The executive branch is the government branch that has the power to direct and manage the war. This branch is also known as or controlled by the president of the United States. The framers of the constitution have created the three government branches during the early years. The president is considered the powerful leader of our nation. However, The president is still required by law and written in the constitution to get a congress approval for war decisions. The constitution is a system of beliefs or laws by which the United States is governed. The constitution has a set of laws or rules that the president or other branches has to follow. However, The constitution and how it’s written have created confusions between the three branches and their powers. The framers of the constitution intent was to make all branches have equal power. In reality, the legislative branch seems more powerful than the other branches. The congress seems more powerful, since they can have the ability to approve or disapprove the war requests by the president. In addition, they can always increase or end the funding of the military. Indeed, I found it very confusing on whether the check and balance system is still valid. If our nation still follows this system, then why does the congress branch seem more powerful. The president is the branch that always has to get approval from the congress for many war decisions. One question that we all probably have, “Does the President have any unilateral war powers?”. There is probably more than one answer to this particular question. I believe that the president indeed ...

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...are many people who oppose to the idea that the president has war powers or should never have any unilateral powers. As an example, “He argues that the founders never intended to grant exclusive war powers to the president” (Mckenna and Feingold 72). Many people believe that the founders of the constitution beliefs and works are wise enough for dividing the government and giving the president limited powers. They also believe that the founder have never interned to give unilateral war powers or constitutional powers to the president. In other words, they probably believe that the president should never have any unilateral powers. I believe that our country need three strong governmental branches to work together for our nations advantage. The president should have some necessary war powers such as taking major war decisions in speedy actions and directing the war.

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