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The powers of the President are given in the United States Constitution. article II,section 2.
The only lawful powers delegated to the President are specified in the U.S. Constitution. Any authority beyond what is expressly written in the Constitution is exercised outside of federal law.
The United States Constitution divides foreign policy powers, there are six basic ways in which Congress can originate or shape foreign policy
All of the President's powers are stated or have evolved from the US Constitution. The writers of the Constitution intentionally gave him a lot of power and the powers have been extended somewhat. The ceremonial roles have come about because the US has no royalty and the military is under the President's command.
No, the equal pay act is not included in the Constitution. Actually, the very use of the word "Act" means it is a statute, not part of the Constitution. The Constitution has a general requirement of equality of treatment, but that requirement is not absolute. It is not in the Constitution because the Constitution is a fundamental powers document. From those powers come the right to make laws governing individual situations, like pay, voting, segregation, etc. It could not cover every instance of every area where an issue of equality of treatment arises.