Balance of power. They make the laws, but the president has to approve the laws or veto them.
Separation Of Powers ! Plato
According to the Constitution of the U.S., the President cannot make laws.
Article 1 of the constitution defines the legislative branch.
The legislative branch gets it's power from Article I of the United States Constitution.
Artcle I, which creates and gives power to the Legislative branch (Congress).
In the constitution Article 3 gives the judicial branch the power the interpret laws and punish law breakers, also the judicial branch can rule laws unconstitutional.
why the United States has only two major parties
Article 3, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives the Senate, part of the Legislative Branch, the power to advise and consent presidential appointments.
The legislative branch has the power to tax, however only the House of Representatives can introduce tax legislature, and it still requires senate approval.
Congress does that, that is the legislative branch,
The Constitution gives the legislative branch the power to tax. However, only the House of Representatives can introduce tax bills. Those bills must then be approved by the Senate.
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