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Role of president and powers of president

Head of statea.

Chief executiveb.

Commander in chief of armed forcesc.

Chief diplomatd.

Chief legislaturee.Party chieff.

Presidential Power

President dominates the news more than any other person in the country1.

Fireside chats - acted more like a friend than president1)

FDR one of firs t presidents to use media2.

Media: connect with many people and get your message across

Reputation

Party Leadership: support of party and can focus on creating a bipartisan leadership

How presidents have power

Foreign: Republican presidents more focused

Domestic: Democratic presidents more focused

IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CURRENT EVENTS OF TIME

One type of president, but two types of presidencies

carries the role of the president into more assertive and aggressive areas, often going

outside the Constitution and the nation's laws. This theory of "paramount necessity" as

defined by Abraham Lincoln and used by Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon pushes the

direction of presidential exercise of power into imperial or dictatorial areas, raising legal and

ethical questions regarding its use.

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Prerogative - Lincolna.

Theory of/on presidential power: http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/hst341/prezpower.htm

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FOR PUBLIC GOODa.Making laws cause of tired of waiting for Congress to pass lawsb.Flexibility that must be extended to president, so the public can benefitc."Must violate constitution at times to save the constitution"d.Plays off the vigor and energy of president, to make decisions to defend thecontinuing rights of the people

e.

It claimed that "the executive power was limited only by specific restrictions appearing inthe Constitution or imposed by Congress under its constitutional powers."1.

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"I decline to adopt the view of what is imperative necessary for action can't be done

by president unless I can find some authorization I can do it.

a.

Stewardship - Teddy Rooseveltb.

Can't do things that aren't in the constitutiona.

Since so much is unsaid in constitution, the president wouldn't have much of a

job

b.

Strict interpretation of constitution, President only had powers explicitly stated by

constitution

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Literalist - Taftc.

Create gridlock1.

Having in power of presidenc of one party and congress controlled by another party2.

Non-institutional (systematic) checking : Divided government

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