The Constitution
Take Care Clause
Article II's instruction that the President 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed', both a duty and a font of executive power.
In full
The clause cuts both ways. It obliges the President to carry out laws Congress passed, including ones the President opposes. And it grounds executive claims of supervisory power over everyone who executes the laws, feeding disputes over enforcement discretion, impoundment of funds, and control of agencies.
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