- Reaction score
- 7,477
- Points
- 1,160
I'll leave the political science analysis to others, but it has been noted several times that Congress bills regarding trade, tariffs, sanctions, etc.,
have either had stipulated provisions for the Executive (President) to unilaterally override, end or change what Congress has said or, in some cases, do not but the President has simply ignored them while Congress sat on its hands. The entire issue of tariffs rest with Congress but over the years they have chosen to devolve/delegate some of that to the President.
There might have been good and valid reasons at the time the bills were passed. It has been fairly widely acknowledged that the checks and balances inherent in the US system render it not particularly dynamic or responsive, so they found ways around that.
Of course, then there is the whole thing about waging war against another country but using the word 'declare'.
No doubt, a single point of decision-making is faster and more'efficient'; so long as the decisions being made are what the populous wants or intended.
