the president doesn't make legislation, he enforces it. That's because the legislative branch has veto override powers. If the people want something to be law, it can happen with 2/3rds vote. If any law is considered unconstitutional by the executive branch, that branch can choose not to enforce it. It then comes back to the legislative forcing the judicial branch to rule on it. Even after that, if the executive still refuses to enforce it, the legislative can then censure or impeach. This is why the courts MUST consider congressional intent when judging or deciding on any case.
I'm getting all this information from the constitution, that document considered the 'supreme law of the land' that most people like to write off as 'outdated' because they don't agree with parts of it anymore.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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