what you think are the major powers and duties of the president. Do you believe that the modern presidency is more powerful than the framers of the Constitution intended it to be? Why or why not?

As argued by several commentators , the provisions that should be changed in article 2 section 2 of the United States Constitution are with regard to the Commander in Chief of the Army , Navy of the United States , and of the Militia of the several States . The reason for this is that it grants the President unbridled discretion in the deployment of American Troops . The recent events in Iraq and Afghanistan have clearly demonstrated that the power of the United States President to deploy American Troops any way he sees fit is a power

that needs to be put in check

When the framers of the Constitution were drafting the Supreme Law of the land , it is arguable if they envisioned the powers that the president exercises would have that much influence . Perhaps it was agreed that they President would be more effective with the grant of these powers but as recent experience on the War on Terror shows , there is a need for a reexamination of these powers . There is a pressing at the same time granting the president enough power to run the country effectively and protect it from outside threats

While the right to declare war outright is not a presidential imperative and must be ratified by Congress , it does not necessarily mean that such is a power that the president cannot exercise or that the president cannot , through political maneuvering , convince Congress to...