Question

List 5 powers you believe the President of the United States should have.

List 5 powers you believe the President of the United States should never have.

Answer 1

Answer:

For the first answer: The Constitution explicitly assigns the president the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.

Answer 2

Should Have:
•Power to access the military
•Issuing a state of emergency
•To adjourn Congress
•Grant pardons
•Appointing officials

Shouldn’t Have:
•Say in how federal money is spent
•Ability to make laws
•Ability to interpret laws
•Choose cabinet members without senate approval
•Declaring war