What are five main powers of the President of the United States?
commander in chief of the militaryappointment power; that is he appoints people to important government positions like SCOTUSVeto power over legislative bills that can only be overridden by 2/3s majorityPower to negotiate treaties thar must be approved by the SenateAuthority to propose legislation is his legislative agendaPower to grant pardons for federal crimesThere is a lengthy list of inherent powers inferred from the constitution. probably the most important power: His position combines the Head of State and the Head of government. These are two very different jobs. Head of State requires hard nose political fighting while head of state represents the best of the nation, remains dignified unless insulted (an insult to the Head of State is an insult to the people. Insult to Head og Government is an insult to the many dunderdeads in government.
Who has more power a prime minister or a President?
A prime minister has more authority than a president. PM's are appointed out of the legislature, and they are the head of the ruling party in a parliamentary system. In a parliamentary system, the legislative and executive branches of government are fused together. Thus the PM is a legislator and the executor. Therefore, as long as they have majority rule in parliament, and considering the PM is the leader of the majority party, they can push through pretty much anything they want. A president, on the other hand, can only sign into law what is given to him by the legislature, and in the US, a bill has to pass through two houses of Congress before it reaches the President's desk. Which amounts to 2/3's of the 100 members in the Senate, and 2/3's of the 435 members in the House. The Framer's of the US Constitution did not want too much power invested in any one branch of government, especially not in the executive. Therefore, they put in place a 'checks and balances' system to prevent a president, or any of the branches, from attaining too much power. The PM has more pull and authority in a governmental system than a President. Which I think is a bad thing. This often creates a rubber stamp government where the ruling party in Parliament can push whatever laws they want through. Not so easy in the US, just look how hard the Health Care Overhaul bill was to pass. Even though health care reform is one of the biggest issues on the democrats agenda, yet with a majority in both houses of Congress by democrats, and a democrat in the White House, it was tooth and nail and barely passed. Edit: I think the other people who said a president has more power may be confused. They are probably thinking of the power of the country, which makes a president more powerful in the global scheme of things. And the US is the most powerful nation presently. But in a president's own governmental system, they have less authority than a PM does in their own. The UK doesn't have a president because they utilize a parliamentary governmental system, whereas we in the US have a separation of powers between three co-equal branches of government. As I mentioned earlier, parliament fuses both the legislative and executive branches, and then has a judicial branch. Whereas we have a separated executive and legislative branch, and also a judicial branch.
Who is more powerful in India, the Prime Minister or the President?
The President of India can be extremely powerful, though most of the power lies in untested waters. The powers of that office have not been challenged in the courts and thus we don’t know how much they can extend. The Constitution has been purposefully vague about the powers, although Indira Gandhi at the heights of Emergency enacted the Forty-second Amendment that made some of the limits explicit [such as making the advice of the Cabinet binding in Article 74].For instance, the President has to sign any bill passing the Parliament for it to become a law. S/he can refuse to sign once, whereby the Parliament can pass it once again, forcing the President to sign it the second time. However, s/he can just take a bill and sit on it for years instead of refusing to sign [Article 111].In effect, a President can stop all law making in the Parliament, if s/he chooses to, by simply stonewalling. [See more: Pocket veto]. Or in short, the Parliament can be made toothless. The Parliament can impeach [Article 61], but the process is very hard.The President can also remove Governors on his/her own even without the Cabinet’s approval [also see: The presidential prerogative and President within his rights, say lawyers - The Asian Age].Ultimately, power depends less on the office and more on the individual. A person with no office can create a revolution. A young girl rapping a song could make a major corporation bend [Never Thought 'Kodaikanal Won't' Video Could Make Unilever Settle: Rapper Sofia Ashraf]. Mahatma Gandhi carried no title (except for ‘Mahatma’), but in his time had more powers than any office holder.Thus, who is more powerful depends on who the particular President and Prime Minister are. For a while in the Gujral administration, the President KR Narayanan seemed more powerful than the Prime Minister.To avoid such confrontations, India often selects very old and dull Presidents who will not resist the authority. A smart President with energy and ambition can make the office way more powerful despite the limits placed by Article 74.
Who has more power: the President or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
This question is good, but, instead of “power” let’s use the word influence. Thus the question becomes: who has the most influence?This is an excellent question; because it identifies the Founders intent to divide and limit the power (influence) of government across the branches. Smart guys those founders.The President influences how the law is executed. He acts as CEO of US Inc. He submits a budget, determines political/social/policy priorities and focuses on the day to day function of the government.The Chief Justice influences how the law is interpreted: is the President’s focus correct? is his/her action legal under the Constitution?, does the enforcement of policy contradict the law or its intent? As another poster pointed out, the Chief Justice is actually only 1/9 of the court and most duties are administrative, but his/her influence is significant since s/he assigns the writer of opinions, and acts as Chairman of their very select board.To directly answer the question: by design, they are equally “powerful”. The president’s power is more direct and localized, where the Chief Justice’s influences will be felt for years but are much more subtle.
Who has more power, the Vice President, the Secretary of State or the White House Chief of Staff?
you could argue that any one of them has more power than the others. it really depends on how much that particular person has the ear of the president. if the vp is also an outspoken advisor to the president, he may have considerable power. the chief of staff organizes the president's schedule, so he can limit who can and who cannot see the president, so that would be a power neither the vp or sec.state have. the sec.state is the nations leading foreign policy official, so his or her opinion presumably holds alot of weight with the president. in the bush administration, i would argue that cheney had more power out of himself, condoleezza rice, and josh bolton. in the incoming obama administration, who knows? i would guess that joe biden will be very outspoken, and that obama will value his opinion greatly.
Why is the president's power of appointment so important to the success of his administration?
When...When the Senate is in Recess or During normal Appointment proceedings?
Do you think the american president has too much power?
No, there are supposed to be checks and balances but under Bush the supreme court and the justice department have certainly seen to that. It's a pity that this democracy is hardly better than the military junta in Myanmar. They can and have violated our laws with impunity because of the say so of the justice department and the activist judges that Bush put on the supreme court. According to this justice department Bush is not answerable to anyone or any body be it the American people or the rest of the world during "war" time. Conveniently we call the police action in Iraq a "war". What a joke. Who is the enemy. Ah, we invaded Iraq to set a trap for the absent al Qaeda to come in so the "war" could really begin. WMD's were just a clever smoke screen.
Is the Prime Minister of Great Britain more powerful than the U.S. President?
No.The Prime Minister has very little executive power of their own. Most decisions must be reached through the cabinet, and legislation through the two houses of parliament.The Prime Minister is not directly elected and therefore takes her power from being the leader of the biggest party in Parliament. They do control the countries right to go to war, though they normally do so withna reduced cabinet committee.The one advantage the Prime Minister does have over the president is that she is the leader of the largest party. This means that she usually controls a majority in the most powerful of the two houses.