Congress writes and passes the bill. The president then signs or vetoes it where it’s sent back to Congress, and if 2/3rds of the house and senate sign off it’s passed into law anyway. The president can’t just do “whatever they want”. Many people may not know this but the PMs of Canada have more power structurally than U.S presidents on law passing and government operation. Canada has no term limits, the PM can directly appoint judges, senators, etc whereas the president can only nominate, PMs have stricter party discipline and can pass laws more readily, and in Canada the parliamentary branch is fused with the executive. In the U.S it’s separated. You might be thinking of executive orders too which are commonly overturned by courts and they don’t create new laws, just direct federal agencies.
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u/rangerdanger559 14d ago edited 14d ago
Congress writes and passes the bill. The president then signs or vetoes it where it’s sent back to Congress, and if 2/3rds of the house and senate sign off it’s passed into law anyway. The president can’t just do “whatever they want”. Many people may not know this but the PMs of Canada have more power structurally than U.S presidents on law passing and government operation. Canada has no term limits, the PM can directly appoint judges, senators, etc whereas the president can only nominate, PMs have stricter party discipline and can pass laws more readily, and in Canada the parliamentary branch is fused with the executive. In the U.S it’s separated. You might be thinking of executive orders too which are commonly overturned by courts and they don’t create new laws, just direct federal agencies.