John F. Kennedy's Executive Power

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The executive branch is the branch of the president. The powers of the executive branch are the things that the president is constitutionally bound to; which include being commander in chief in charge of the military, having the legislative authority to veto, the appointing of judges, and the issuing of executive orders. Different presidents do and have done different things with the same power. President John F. Kennedy asserted his role as commander in chief, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Where Kennedy had to decide how far he was willing to let the Soviet Union and Cuba go in term of the nuclear missile in Cuba and what he was willing to do about it. Kennedy also used his legislative right to veto 30 times. He also appointed two judges to the
He appointed three judges to the Supreme Court and had a total of 346 executive orders. The use of their executive powers can show us what the two president did while in office but it doesn’t show a clear depiction of their leadership. Kennedy was seen as a good leader, during crisis time people trusted him to get them through it with less people getting hurt or dying. He was also seen as a good negotiator this is often how get got his way with congress. When Kennedy wanted his way his style was first to be a gentleman an ask, second was to try and persuade you into agreeing, thirdly he would issue threats and bully and if you still say no he waits until he can pass an executive order. Kennedy’s weakness could also be mistaken as a strength that weakness is he was power hungry. He craved power and he was welling to re-write history in order to keep it. When discussing President Nixon you need to think less charm and more offensive. Nixon though not remember with a lot a favor was in fact a good leader when it came to foreign policy. Often time Nixon came off as a jerk but he was in fact ambitious, smart and strong welled. His personality itself is what helped him deal with other politicians such as