The Unitary Theory of Presidential Authority Needs To Be Remedied

• David French, writing in the Times, explains why this one sentence in Article II of the Constitution is now such a problem: “The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.”  His proposed remedy:

“There is a constitutional answer to this national challenge. We can — at long last — heed the warnings of the antifederalists, and we can do it simply enough, by changing the first sentence of Article II. Instead of declaring, “The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America,” it should read, “A president of the United States of America shall execute laws passed by Congress.””