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  2. Separation of powers under the United States Constitution

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    The judicial branch of government holds powers as well. They have the ability to use express and concurrent powers to make laws and establish regulations. They use express powers to interpret laws and perform judicial review. Implied powers are used by this branch to declare laws that were previously passed by a lower court unconstitutional.

  3. Independent agencies of the United States federal government

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    While most executive agencies have a single director, administrator, or secretary appointed by the president of the United States, independent agencies (in the narrower sense of being outside presidential control) almost always have a commission, board, or similar collegial body consisting of five to seven members who share power over the ...

  4. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    In American law, the unitary executive theory is a Constitutional law theory according to which the President of the United States has sole authority over the executive branch. [1] It is "an expansive interpretation of presidential power that aims to centralize greater control over the government in the White House". [2] [excessive detail?

  5. United States Congress in relation to the president and ...

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    The Constitution concentrates removal powers in the Congress by empowering and obligating the House of Representatives to impeach federal officials (both executive and judicial) for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The Senate is constitutionally empowered and obligated to try all impeachments. A simple majority in the ...

  6. Trump bristles at the courts as White House pushes executive ...

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    Executive power vs. the courts. Another legal test is scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday, when U.S. District Judge George O'Toole in Boston will hear more arguments about the Trump administration's buyout ...

  7. Powers of the president of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Because the Constitution remains silent on the issue, the courts cannot grant the Executive Branch these powers when it tries to wield them. The courts will only recognize a right of the Executive Branch to use emergency powers if Congress has granted such powers to the president. [54] Emergency presidential power is not a new idea.

  8. Article Two of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the President of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the President, and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.

  9. Article Three of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The ruling thereby established that the federal courts could exercise judicial review over the actions of Congress or the executive branch. However, Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 78 , expressed the view that the Courts hold only the power of words, and not the power of compulsion upon those other two branches of government, upon which ...