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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 – 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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The Presidency 15

October 31, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President’s war powers were quite constrained.

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The Presidency 14

October 30, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President would be fully empowered to act in defense of the nation.

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The Presidency 13

October 29, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The framers agreed that the President would command the armed forces – with several explicit reservations.

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The Presidency 12

October 28, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The President was to have five main responsibilities.

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The Value of Voting

September 22, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Does voting make any difference? Is it worth the trouble? The answer depends upon you. If you and enough other people vote for someone who has pledged to represent your…

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Keeping Our Republic

September 17, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

In general, constitutions are written by people who expect to live and work together for generations to come.  It’s when enough people no longer feel this way that Constitutions are…

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A Tale of Two Countries

September 14, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Clashes in Berkeley and Portland bring to mind an interesting story about two countries where people who felt frustrated with each other and their governments. Citizens in Columbia and Venezuela…

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Are You Well Served by the USPS?

August 16, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The U.S. Constitution provides for nearly universal adult access to the ballot.  The pandemic is making that difficult. Most voting precincts had historically depended upon retirees to administer the system,…

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New Course on Trust & The Presidency

July 24, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Take this short civics course about trust, distrust, and the presidency.

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Declaration of Independence

July 1, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Consider every citizen in this country to be an American, worthy of your support and help.

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Trust and Our Police

June 3, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

To improve trust in our police, fairness and accountability must be more evenly distributed along lines of race and ethnicity.

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Divided We Fall

May 30, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

History shows that one of the shortest paths towards dictatorship is to get the people divided against each other.

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Our Leaders Don’t Want Us to Know

May 22, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

We get to have leaders who are accountable to us, and we get to choose our leaders peacefully – but only if …

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Freedom of the Press

May 3, 2020ffademocracy1 Comment

Thomas Jefferson said “Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” A free press is especially important in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Urgent Attention Needed

April 27, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

It is hard to fight the corona virus without a healthy liberal, republican democracy. Urgent attention is needed.

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In Need of Vigilant Defense

April 15, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Liberal, republican democracy is precious for the freedom, peace, and better quality of life it can bring, but those benefits don’t come for free. Citizens need to do more to protect and strengthen their democracies – starting here at home.

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Strongmen for Scared People?

April 6, 2020ffademocracy1 Comment

Strongmen for scared people leads to failure. Democracies have the edge when it comes to health care. Read on.

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