List Rules Vote up the issues you'd like the President to be able to unilaterally decide upon; vote down the ones you don't want dealt with that way.
Article II of the Constitution outlines the US President's right to broad control and discretionary power within the Executive Branch of the US government. This is referred to as the "executive power" of the office of the President; the term most closely associated with this concept – "executive order" – doesn't actually show up in the language of the Constitution. Moreover, per a Supreme Court decision, a President's exercise of executive power through executive orders is still bound to the Constitution. That is, executive orders must still adhere to the rules, rights, and amendments of the Constitution.
But what if that wasn't the case? What if the President could make unilateral decisions about the most important social issues or crises of a given moment? In this imagined scenario, which issues would you like to see the President exercise unilateral executive power to make happen?
Vote up the issues you would support the US President making solo decisions on; vote down the ones you wouldn't want that process to apply to.
list ordered by
1
32 1
Nothing; the President should not be able to unilaterally decide on anything.
2
35 4
Repealing previous presidents' executive orders
3
34 7
Creating tariffs on the import of international products
4
28 8
Legalizing marijuana
5
20 6
Legalizing gay marriage
6
18 8
Appointing Supreme Court justices
7
26 16
Declaring war
8
24 16
Legislating immigration
9
11 4
Placing sanctions on other countries
10
11 6
Creating environmental regulations to help manage climate change
11
10 5
Securing the US/Mexico border
12
10 5
Brokering deals and negotiating with foreign powers
13
19 16
Protecting the death penalty
14
18 16
Criminalizing gay marriage
15
18 17
Outlawing the death penalty
16
13 13
Mandating universal healthcare
17
5 5
Establishing new government departments
18
4 4
Appointing new cabinet members
19
5 6
Legalizing abortion
20
4 5
Closing military bases and detention centers
21
4 6
Negotiating for US hostages
22
3 5
Declassifying information
23
2 4
Designating funding for specific government departments
24
3 6
Classifying information
25
9 13
Pardoning convicted criminals
26
3 7
Firing Supreme Court justices
27
2 6
Creating military bases and detention centers
28
2 6
Banning certain groups from inclusion in the military
29
10 16
Deciding appropriate levels of coercion and punishment for terror suspects
