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Originally Posted by Lune
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No it is not. That's not what subordinate means. You were right when you called it collaborative. The Senate gets input. If anything the Senate is subordinate because they cannot nominate, only approve or disapprove the President's nomination.
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If you are required to obtain consent from an entity before acting then that entity holds authority over you and you are therefore subordinate to it. That is why the Supreme Court is
supreme. It's actions are not subject to the approval of any other power.
Most processes do not originate at the top of power structures. They originate at the bottom and are passed up the change.
Does the president hold power because he can initiate the process? Sure, but he must submit to the will of the senate and that makes his power subordinate. The senate has no need to submit to him.
The opposite is true with respect to law. The legislature is subordinate to the president in the creation of law.
What you are arguing is akin to saying children are not subordinate to their parents because they can formulate a particular plan on their own, whether they need to obtain their parents' permission or not.