If the President were a king, with the kingly prerogative either to declare war or to make treaties, he might do what he has done; but being only President, with the limited powers established by the Constitution, he cannot do it.
Sumner asserts that the President cannot act like a king in matters of war and treaties due to constitutional limits.
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