Title: How much power does the President of United States really have? - Quora
Headings: How much power does the President of United States really have?
How much power does the President of United States really have?
With that being said, in practice, the President is far more powerful for 3 reasons:
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Do you think that the US President has enough power or too much power?

Content: Washington’s minimal activism, and that of the next 5 POTUSs, reassured the public. Andrew Jackson, a firm believer in a strong presidency, took on both Congress and the Supreme Court. The constraints on POTUS powers were put to serious test. (4) What are the constraints on the office? Power is divided between the Executive (POTUS, VP), and the Legislature (Congress). The authority to interpret the Constitution rests with the Supreme Court. The POTUS’s cabinet members (the Secretaries) can’t be sitting members of the Legislature (unlike, say, the UK Prime Minister). The POTUS can never be sure that his party has legislative majority: Presidents control of Congress
Above: The number of years in a POTUS’s term where the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the POTUS’s political party
The Founding Fathers wanted Congress to initiate policy.