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CMV: The president has far too much power.

The purpose of the President, or the executive branch in general, is to execute the laws and bills passed by congress. 
What that says to me, is that he’s just here to make sure what’s been decided gets done. 
The power of the President to pardon people is absolutely appalling to me. We have a justice system, how can someone just decide that this person gets to bypass the system?
Another thing, executive orders. If their job is just to execute what was decided, why does an executive order have any power?
Please help me understand.
gpt
>We have a justice system, how can someone just decide that this person gets to bypass the system? 

Pardons are a check on the power of the Judiciary. If someone or some group does not have the ability to grant pardons, the Judiciary has no check on their ability to interpret laws. The pardon is meant to bypass the system if the system is bringing about wrong outcomes. There are certainly arguments against the president having pardon powers, but it would be immoral for no pardon powers to exist.

>Another thing, executive orders. If their job is just to execute what was decided, why does an executive order have any power?

Executive orders are directives that clarify laws passed by the legislature that were vague or unclear. An executive order that does not have constitutional or statutory backing can and will be thrown out by the Judiciary. Laws can be very vague or intentionally leave implementation details to the Executive branch. Executive orders just tell the Executive branch how to execute the legislation that has been passes.