That system did not take into account the impact of political parties. In the 1800 presidential election when Jefferson and Aaron Burr ran on a party ticket and the Electors gave one of their votes to each, it resulted in a tie, the election was sent to the House and it took 36 ballots by the House to elect Jefferson president. To prevent this from happening again, the 12th Amendment was added in 1804 to clarify how the Electoral votes would be cast one vote for a presidential candidate and the other for a VP.
Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution outlines the nature and scope of presidential power. The framers of the new presidency were clearly trying to remedy the inadequate provisions for leadership under the Articles. They were trying to establish a president with enough authority to accomplish three things:.
Enforce the laws passed by Congress.
Deal with foreign nations &.
Help the states put down disorders (such as Shay's Rebellion) => in 1957 President Eisenhower used what he called his "unilateral use of presidential emergency power" to send troops into Little Rock (Ark.) against the wishes of the state to enforce a court order to integrate Little Rock Central High School].
They wanted a president strong enough to match Congress, but not so strong that the president would overpower Congress. Although independent from Congress (not true under the Articles), .
the president would still share considerable power with Congress.
The president would make all major appointments to both the executive & judicial branch, but the appointments would be approved by a majority vote of the U.S. Senate (called "advice & consent").
The president could veto a bill by Congress, but the Congress could override that veto by a 2/3 vote of both chambers.
The president would be responsible for negotiating all treaties made by the U.S., but these treaties would have to be ratified by a 2/3 vote of the U.
