solarbird | (Reply)

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The President, under the authority of the Constitution, has the right to engage in intelligence gathering of foreign sources, especially in time of war.
You won't find that in the Constitution because it isn't in there.

The Congress can not write any law that takes away Presidential powers or authority, because that is unconstitutional.
Congress has ultimate control over money, period. If Congress passes a law saying you won't do this, then, if it takes money to do it, you won't do it. The President has decided to ignore and/or "override" that with signing statements many times. I believe this to be fundamentally against the letter and spirit of the Constutition.

Indeed, the argument you're making is a variant of that of the "unitary" executive, and I assure you that the authors of the Federalist papers disagreed with your ideas in this case; c.f. the link I posted fourth, with the separate paragraph. Where you will find agreement is in the Anti-Federalist papers, and they presented the possibility of this kind of amalgamation of power in the executive as a reason to oppose adoption of the Constitution as written.