2 days you ll enjoy inauguration day and last day in office Commander In Chief final decider on military combat conflicts Meets with others but makes all final decisions Head of State Government usually two different people but he is both State greets ambassadors and other heads of states duties and responsibilities but no power can make treaties with US Senate concurring for it to be permanent Government Chief Foreign Policy officer Chief Executive officer Executive agreements are temporary treaties made by President by himself with other nations but can be wiped out by next presidents Preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States Power to grant pardons for any federal crime Power to nominate federal judges including justices of US Supreme Court Has to have advice and consent of Senate Congress tends to defer to President Considerable legislative power and influence Power veto or sign legislation important call Congress in session give congress state of union Influence back channels finds out what Congress is doing wants and vice versa Informal powers Head of his own party Economic leader of the US o in some ways the world Appoints head of federal reserve bank tremendous power over US economy Expected to be moral inspirational leader of nation o Be the leader of the people o Calm us down Yes there s a crisis We re doing everything we can You will be safe Founders wanted to give OCngress most power not President All legislative herein granted shall be vested coin money borrow money declare war etc Necessary and proper clause laws necessary to do other powers Executive shall be vested no herein granted because it is vague it has allowed Presidency power to grow over the years Presidents tended to have an attitude similar to what the Founders had in mind until FDR Elected during Great Depression President during WWII President longer than anyone else First modern President very powerful Before him almost all others had had a view of the Presidency called the limited view Limited View job is fill vacancies in court reads bill and signs or vetoes it if Congress declares war then he calls out the troops only follow Constitution President William Howard Taft said Presidents can do only what is stated in the Constitution and nothing more Expansive view Teddy Roosevelt said President can do anything that is not specifically prohibited by the Constitution FDR Im gonna find ways to get people to work so he started creating work and hiring people to work until they strike it down it s the law put these programs into effect knowing they were illegal but when he was told it was illegal and he had to stop he stopped only did it because of economical crisis Lincoln during national crisis of Civil War so he couldn t depend on Congress suspended writ of habeas corpus arrest anyone against Constitution Politicians including Presidents want more power and try to keep their power once they get it Obama Bush grabbed too much power And that s wrong I won t do that if you elect me So he let go of some of the powers