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Tag: POTUS

Executive Orders 2

January 22, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

Executive Orders are lawful only when they are grounded in the Constitution or an act of Congress.

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Topics of the Day

January 7, 2021ffademocracyLeave a comment

The twenty-fifth amendment and sedition have been getting a lot of attention after the events of January 6.

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The Presidency 48

December 18, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The Unitary Executive debate is long-standing and remains unresolved.

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The Presidency 47

December 17, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

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

December 16, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Supporters of the unitary executive theory believe presidents may act without Congressional interference.

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The Presidency 45

December 15, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

The trust-related debates about the presidency from the framer’s time continue to this day.

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The Presidency 44

December 14, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Populist or partisan presidents sometimes feel motivated to weaken constitutional constraints.

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The Presidency – Quiz 3

December 11, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Free course on the presidency. One paragraph per day. Which statements about American political parties are true? They have to be pre-approved by the government.They help candidates mobilize and organize…

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Winning at All Costs

December 11, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Countries with weak democracies host political parties willing to do anything to win.

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The Presidency 43

December 9, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Presidents can use their connection to the voters to bypass reluctant party leaders.

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The Presidency 42

December 8, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Political parties can empower presidents to set their own agendas.

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The Presidency 40

December 6, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Free course on the presidency. One paragraph per day. 2.14 Money is power.  A president’s political assets can sometimes extend beyond leadership to include money.  Under today’s campaign laws, presidential…

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The Presidency 38

December 2, 2020ffademocracyLeave a comment

Political parties became more important as state legislatures directed their electors to follow the popular vote in their states.

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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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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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