Gene Hackman
No. Mainly because the US government is set up so that no one person can ever have absolute power. Whether or not President Obama is a corrupt leader, he will never have absolute power and will thus never be a proper example of this quote.
The executive power of the US was given to the president.
The president is commander in chief of all the US Military forces. This power is almost without limit. The president always has the final authority over and responsibility for any and all military matters. However, the Constitution does not assign all and absolute war powers to the president. Military power in the United States is held by both the president and Congress, with the president in the dominant position. Also, the president may use the armed forces to keep the domestic peace.
The President.
The President derives his power from the US Constitution and the people who are sworn to defend it.
The President derives his power from the US Constitution and the people who are sworn to defend it.
they have equal power
The president is commander in chief of all the US military forces. This power is almost without limit. The president always has the final authority over and responsibility for any and all military matters. However, the Constitution does not assign all and absolute war powers to the president. Military power in the United States is held by both the president and Congress, with the president in the dominant position. Also, the president may use the armed forces to keep the domestic peace.
The main power of the President of the US is to execute the laws of the United States. The President also has the power to veto any laws passed by Congress.
Hopefully the President
It the US president had power to add things to the US constitution, then they could indefinitely extend their power, making them a dictator. The constitution limited the president's power to prevent such a situation from occurring, knowing too well the dangers of unchecked power in one man's hands.
That is for the US people to decide.