The Presidency 23
The Written Opinion Clause appears to limit the President in several ways.
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.
The framers decided power was to be divided between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
Insulating the President from election politics was a big part of the framer’s strategy.
4.         The framers had good reason to fear the tyranny of factions. The period when the thirteen original American colonies were formed overlapped with one of the most violent and deadly times in English and European history. Memories of the Thirty Year’s War (1618-1648) which involved most of the European states of the time, the …