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Chapter 6: The President
The Constitutional Basis of the Presidency
- What conflicting views over presidential power did the framers of the Constitution have?
- What powers does the Constitution provide to the president as head of state? Have presidents used these powers to make the presidency too powerful or even imperial?
- What powers does the Constitution provide to the president as head of government?
The Rise of Presidential Government
- What factors led to the growth of a more powerful presidency?
Presidential Government
- What formal resources does the president use to manage the executive branch? On which of these resources have presidents increasingly relied?
- What informal resources can the president draw on in exercising the powers of the presidency? Which of these resources is a potential liability? Why?
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