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Month: November 2020

Giving Tuesday

November 30, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

With your help, 1,000s of new readers could learn more about democracy in our Republic.

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The Presidency 36

November 29, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers quickly embraced political parties because of their advantages.

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Thanksgiving 2020

November 25, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

We offer some extra reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day 2020.

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The Presidency 35

November 24, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

National political parties became more important when the popular vote became relevant to the presidency.

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The Presidency – Quiz 2

November 24, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Test your knowledge!

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The Presidency 34

November 22, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Term limits protect against entrenchment, but they also deny us the opportunity to hold accountable a second-term president.

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The Presidency 33

November 20, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The twenty-second amendment adopted in 1947 limited each president to a maximum of two terms in office.

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The Presidency 32

November 19, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Giving citizens a role in electing presidents also gave presidents a political power base.

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The Presidency 31

November 18, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Giving some citizens a role in electing presidents made presidents accountable to voters.

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The Presidency 30

November 17, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Not all citizens could vote in the early days of the Republic.

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The Presidency 29

November 16, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

By 1828, most states linked their Electoral College votes to their popular votes.

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The Presidency 28

November 16, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Citizens originally had no role in choosing presidents.

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Is This Map in Our Future?

November 15, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Do we want USA to join the other countries on the map?

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The Presidency 27

November 14, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Voters and political parties became additional sources of presidential power and accountability.

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The Presidency Quiz 2

November 13, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Test your knowledge.

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The Presidency 26

November 12, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The power to pardon creates some overlap in the powers of the presidency and those of the court.

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The Presidency 25

November 11, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Twentieth Amendment largely removed the need for power to convene or adjourn Congress.

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The Presidency 24

November 10, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The president was to participate in law-making, with Congress in the lead.

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The Presidency 22

November 9, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers gave the President limited supervisory power.

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The Presidency – Quiz 1

November 8, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Test your knowledge against these five questions!

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The Presidency 23

November 7, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Written Opinion Clause appears to limit the President in several ways.

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The Presidency 21

November 6, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Constitution is silent on the related presidential power to remove.

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The Presidency 20

November 5, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Several framers worried the power of appointment could be abused.

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The Presidency 19

November 4, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

To faithfully execute the laws of the land, the presidency was assigned executive power that was mostly undefined.

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The Presidency 18

November 3, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Faithfully executing the laws of the land is one of the most important obligations of the presidency.

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The Presidency 17

November 2, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers feared that a president could be seduced by a foreign power to harm the country.

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The Presidency 16

November 1, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers feared a president could be seduced by a foreign power.

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