Presidential Actions

Select one of the formal or informal powers of the U.S. President from your text or the lists below. Explain how your selected power has played a role in expanding the powers of the modern presidency. Use one specific example of presidential actions.Examples of formal powers granted to the president by the Constitution are:Commanding the military.Appointing Supreme Court justices and cabinet heads.Vetoing legislation.Examples of the president’s informal powers are:Issuing executive orders.Negotiating executive agreements.Claiming executive privilege.For more information, check out The American Presidency Project. It is a non-partisan online resource for thousands of presidential documents on the Internet.