POL 201 Lecture : Competition between Executive and Legislative Branch.docx

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 201
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Competition between executive and legislative branch: handling of military and war, little piece given to each without details, congress declares war, 200 military adventures were without this official declaration from congress, president as commander in chief is not given detail about what he can and cannot do, vietnam war, part of a policy of containment that the us govt. had in foreign policy, wwii 1941 1945. Extraordinarily unpopular with the people: because of the vietnam war, congress wanted to try to take back what they see as their war making powers, congress was lied to on numerous occasions by various presidents, involving vietnam, ex: johnson lied about bombing cambodia, closest congress came to approving actions in vietnam > approved that president could use all necessary means to protect american allies and troops in vietnam; this resolution was based on a lie; congress was told by president johnson that a ship was attacked by the.