Commanding the military as the leader of armed forces

Week8

Select one of the formal or informal powers of the U.S. President from your text or the lists below. Explain how your selected power has played a role in expanding the powers of the modern presidency. Use one specific example of presidential actions.

Examples of formal powers granted to the president by the Constitution are:

• Commanding the military.
• Appointing Supreme Court justices and cabinet heads.
• Vetoing legislation.

Examples of the president’s informal powers are:

• Issuing executive orders.
• Negotiating executive agreements.
• Claiming executive privilege.

2.Judicial power can have a very significant effect on policy making in American politics, especially when the federal courts reinterpret the law or the Constitution. Supreme Court decisions are especially important in that they become the “law of the land” for the whole country.

Choose a Supreme Court case from any chapter in your text in which the court’s decision created or changed a policy or previous law in the United States. Give the name and date. In the discussion, identify your chosen case and explain whether you agree or disagree with this decision. Be sure to provide rationale for your response.

3 This discussion aligns with your Final Reflection assignment, which asks you to choose a domestic public policy that you would like to change. You might find it interesting to discuss different public policy changes with your classmates. You can share the basic points here.