Question

How do these two excerpts BEST illustrate the limitation of the federal government’s power? A) Congress can impeach a government official, but the President can grant pardons. B) The President has the power to declare war, but Congress regulates prisoners of war. C) Congress determines military strategy, but the President has the power to declare war. D) The President commands the military but cannot go to war without Congress’s approval.

Answer 1

D) The President commands the military but cannot go to war without Congress’s approval.

It prevents the country from being drawn into war by a war mongering president. Congress was the framers intention to control a rogue president, and to steer national values.