Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
i feel ya. but technically the president is also responsible for upholding the constitution and protecting it. the current one has literally amended it using this patriot act and other similar measures.

but true, the perception is that he can send our troops out and he is mostly called the commander in chief in many places.

but why the heck in the first place, we need to be sending our troops out so much that this has become the main role of a US prez. I bet this wasnt how it was intended when they were writing the constitution.
I have to disagree with ya on that. I think that the founding fathers knew that in times of crisis it's important for the President to be able to take initial action instead of waiting for Congress and Senate to get in all their debates on the issue. It was a different time back then. Their first sign of a threat was when the cannon balls were hitting our shores or you could see the Armada off our coast.

Have a good one!:s4: