Formal And Informal Powers To “get His Way” With Congress

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Formal And Informal Powers To “Get His Way” With Congress

Q1- How did he get so much power? President: He took it.

Utilizing powers formal and informal an through congress word “bureaucracy” has a negative connotation to many people. President is both head of government and head of state (representing the country as a whole)

The Constitution provides that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus may not be suspended except during rebellion or invasion, the Supreme Court held that the privilege of the writ could not be suspended while the civilian courts remained operational. Congress may not pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law. Section Nine prevented Congress from imposing any direct tax except on the basis of state populations, but the Sixteenth Amendment permitted Congress to lay and collect taxes on incomes, without apportionment among the states. Furthermore, no tax may be imposed on exports from any state. Congress may not, by revenue or commerce legislation, give preference to ports of one state over those of another; neither may it require ships from one state to pay duties in another. All funds belonging to the Treasury may not be withdrawn except in accordance with law. Bureaucracies are technically encompassed under the executive branch of government. The executive branch, however, does not have control over a lot of the things that the agencies do. Congress tries to control agencies by influencing the appointments that the president makes, it controls the amount of money that the bureaucracies receive, congress also uses their oversight function to see how the agencies are doing, and congress can also rewrite legislation or make it more detailed, to influence bureaucracy behavior.

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