As both parties hold presidential debates, issues in the nation’s foreign policy inevitably will be discussed. After all, although the U.S. Constitution actually gives Congress more authority in foreign and defense policies than the president, chief executives, ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt, have wielded the constitutionally narrow role of commander-in-chief too broadly, so as to even claim exclusivity of power in this realm. Thus, during this last little bit of American history, the president has become too powerful in foreign affairs, and Congress has been too timid to reassert its authority–for example, in reclaiming its power to declare war. Given …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
