The Expansion of Presidential Power
Presidential power has grown significantly beyond the specific powers the Constitution's own text lists, largely through tools like executive orders, which direct how the executive branch carries out existing law without needing new legislation from Congress, and an expanded role in national security and foreign policy that has developed gradually over time, especially since the mid-1900s. This expansion remains genuinely contested: Congress and the courts can and sometimes do push back when they judge a specific use of presidential power to have gone too far.
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