Donald Trump Quotes

In effect, Hillary Clinton would be abolishing the lawmaking powers of Congress in order to write her own laws from the Oval Office. And you see what bad judgment she has. She has seriously bad judgment.

When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb.

The President's pre-1776 mentality is hurting America and fracturing the foundation on which our country has stood for 230 years. The President can't just bypass two branches of government, and obey only those laws he wants to obey.

The power to make war is vested in Congress and not in the President. Congress has no constitutional authority to grant such authority to the president.

We, as a Congress, have to stand up to a president who acts like the Bill of Rights and the Constitution were repealed on September 11.

When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.

If you destroy the presidency and make it an errand boy for Congress, we're going to be a much weaker and more divided nation.

Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it.

The president is supposed to execute faithfully the laws that the legislature has written. So, the executive orders that Barack Obama president is writing are without precedent. Without precedent so with he's rewriting law. It's totally illegal.

What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?

When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day

President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.

Without the authority of Congress, the President cannot fire a hostile gun in any case except to repel the attacks of the enemy.

Congressional power has not so much been usurped by the Presidency as given up to the Presidency by Congress.

Congress ... is far more than the simple, limited advisory council that most Presidents would like to maintain.

The powers that are surrendered [by Congress] to one President remain to be used by others.

When a President asserts constitutional powers he needs to be pretty certain he has those powers.

The Constitution provided an invitation to the President and Congress to struggle for the privilege of directing American foreign policy.

Can it be pretended that it is any longer the government of the U.S., any government of Constitution and laws, wherein a General, or President, may make permanent rules of property by proclamation?

We have not found a way to give Congress control without depriving the President of essential power.

I don’t know if President (George W.) Bush understood how extreme some of the arguments were about executive power that some people in his administration were making.

Every American war has brought a struggle between Congress and the Executive over war powers. The Constitution is somewhat annoyingly ambiguous on the point declaring that the President is Commander in Chief but empowering Congress to provide for the common defense, declare war, and raise and support armies.

Are you willing to let any President choose what laws to enforce and what laws to change?

We have a major crisis in the system. the Preisdent is so powerful that he overehelms the rest of the Government. .... This has been going on for over 50 years. Each president adds more and more power.... Congress is crippled and cowardly .... They don't use their appropriations power. They have been passing continuing resultions for 20 years.

It should be remembered that the president cannot, by executive order, do things that affects the public at large unless there is some Congressional basis for it.