Presidential Powers: Foreign Affairs

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Presidential Powers Foreign Affairs
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I. What Are Presidents Powers?

• Express (By Constitution Art. II or Statute)

- Commander in chief Sec. 2
- Receive, appoint ambassadors Sec. 2-3
- Make treaties Sec. 2

• Implied

- Consider character of foreign relations
- Can law govern foreign affairs?
- Executive orders in dealing with countries
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II. Foreign Relations Case Law

• In Each Example, Consider

- What are the foreign circumstances?
- What is presidents claim to authority?
- How does the Court interpret presidency?

• U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Corp. (1936)

• Dames Moore v. Regan (1981)

• Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc. (1993)

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