Subject: Re: Tyranny
The President's power is more in foreign affairs, which aren't really the area of legislative power.

Quibble. I believe the Senate has to ratify a treaty. Though, the executive negotiates the treaty (I believe). Once ratified, it is law.

I learned that detail because of the Treaty of Tripoli, which -among other things- establishes that the US is not a Christian nation. That is, therefore, the actual law of the land.