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The expansion of presidential powers facilitates effective domestic policy by effectively interacting and
influencing Congress and without the restraint of a council with differences in opinion as articulated
through Federalist 51 and Federalist 70.

In Federalist 51, James Madison contends the importance of checks and balances and how they keep
each of the three branches of government from acting tyrannically. The president should be separate
from the legislative and judicial branch and has unique powers to counteract the powers of the other
two branches. The president’s power to create executive orders allows the president to use their power
to make temporary mandates (until the next president) and enforce them to respond to problems
within the nation, such as a national crisis. By giving the president powers that counteract the legislative
and judicial branch, like appointment powers or calling Congress into session, the president therefore
also influences the other two branches while retaining his own individual powers. Therefore, the
president can facilitate domestic policy by enforcing Congressional legislation and create executive
orders that concern domestic policy.

In Federalist 70, Alexander Hamilton articulates the need for an individual, energetic leader. Hamilton
argues that a single executive is safer than any executive council that could create gridlock and
difference in opinion during policy making. The single president as the chief executive is in charge of
enforcing laws made by Congress, which he can influence with bully pulpit, that concerns the nation
with domestic policy. The president also affects domestic policy, additionally, with the power to veto or
sign into legislation from Congress that directly affects domestic policy. With the State of the Union
address, presented to Congress every year, it influences public opinion, and raises issues concerning
domestic policy and problems within the country. Thus, the president uses his powers effectually to
influence and accelerate successful policy within the United States.