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What does loyalty to our Constitution require?
Civic Education
Political Trust & Distrust 15
Why are rights important to political trust?
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Participation builds trust.
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Executive Orders 6
Executive orders are easily reversed by new presidents.
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Political Trust & Distrust 13
Exclusion and discrimination create distrust.
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Executive Orders 5
Executive orders can be nullified by Congress but only with difficulty.
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Political trust is strengthened by guaranteed political and civil rights.
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Executive Orders 4
The Administrative Procedures Act does not apply to executive orders, but it can apply to agencies acting to implement executive orders.
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Executive Orders 3
The courts have been generous in how they assess the constitutionality of various executive orders.
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Political Trust & Distrust 11
The framers created a Constitution that limits and divides power in multiple ways.
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Executive Orders 2
Executive Orders are lawful only when they are grounded in the Constitution or an act of Congress.
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Political Trust 10
Elected officials will align with our interests only if they believe we will hold them accountable.
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Executive Orders
Presidents use executive orders to create laws or to modify laws, rules, and regulations.
Political Trust & Distrust 9
Trust requires that political participation and decision making are inclusive & free from coercion.
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Political Trust & Mistrust 8
The Constitution can contribute to trust.
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Political Trust & Distrust 7
The framers were not perfect.
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Courage. Persistence. Leadership.
Any of us can lead by example, even if we are not Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The framers found a way to deal with distrust.
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Political Trust & Distrust 5
The framers had a lot of distrust on their minds.
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Political Trust & Distrust 4
Framers’ Q: Can we trust a new government strong enough defend us not to also oppress us?
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Political Trust & Distrust 3
Trust, distrust, and mistrust are equally important in politics.
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Political Trust & Distrust 2
Politics, distrust, and trust are all tied up together.
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Political Trust & Distrust 1
What political trust and distrust are and why both are important.
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Topics of the Day
The twenty-fifth amendment and sedition have been getting a lot of attention after the events of January 6.
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It
This must happen if elections are to be trusted.
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The Presidency 48
The Unitary Executive debate is long-standing and remains unresolved.
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The Presidency 47
Dissenters from the Unitary Executive Theory argue that Congress can regulate any presidential powers that are not clearly spelled out in the Constitution – so long as Congress does not obstruct constitutional obligations placed on the presidency.
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The Presidency 46
Supporters of the unitary executive theory believe presidents may act without Congressional interference.
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The Presidency 45
The trust-related debates about the presidency from the framer’s time continue to this day.
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