How the Framers Overcame Distrust
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Framers’ Q: Can we trust a new government strong enough defend us not to also oppress us?
Voters and political parties became additional sources of presidential power and accountability.
The power to pardon creates some overlap in the powers of the presidency and those of the court.
To faithfully execute the laws of the land, the presidency was assigned executive power that was mostly undefined.
Faithfully executing the laws of the land is one of the most important obligations of the presidency.
The framers feared that a president could be seduced by a foreign power to harm the country.
The framers agreed that the President would command the armed forces – with several explicit reservations.
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