GOV 312L Lecture 5: Module 5- The President in Foreign Policy
Document Summary
Executive authority over foreign policy is anchored in two articles of the constitution: president as commander in chief, executive power of president. Separation of powers and foreign policy: article i, section 8: congress shall have the power . Part of madison"s separation of powers and checks and balances system: important differences between presidential vs. parliamentary systems: Fixed terms, no vote of confidence for a president. War-making and expansion of presidential authority: conventional wisdom: war expands presidential authority, congress votes closer to presidential preferences or policy goals. Importance of different constituencies: generate different composition of societal interests to represent, president larger constituency, congress narrower; societal interests can be concentrated on left or right side of ideological perspective. Golan-vilella on aumf: background: obama argues in fall of 2014 that 2001 aumf generates authorization for war against isis because it is a successor organization to. Al qaeda in iraq: golan-vilella argues: need to revisit two key aumfs.
