Sovereignty or Submission

The constitutional powers vested in the executive branch can provide President Trump the authority to federalize the national guard and deploy federal troops to quell domestic violence, if and when a crisis arises and is on the brink of tearing apart the very fabric of our nation. The United States has its roots in democracy, but was born as a result of revolution and torn apart by civil war. The United States will remain united if the executive branch, led by President Trump, can exert executive authority within our constitutional framework and quell anarchy. An analysis of the philosophy of executive authority from Machiavelli to Hamilton and an examination of post WWI-German Republic to the Parliamentary scheme of England reveals that it is the United States Republic that will survive a crisis of anarchy and chaos. Within these pages, it is explored how the President can restore calm in our nation, without submitting to the forces of chaos by acting within his constitutional executive authority.