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Showing posts with label Presidency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presidency. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Can a president be indicted? Part 1

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This is uncharted territory, the Constitution is silent on the matter. Arguments exist on each side. For 2305: - Can we indict a sitting pre...
Friday, November 11, 2016

From Vox: Donald Trump will be the only US president ever with no political or military experience

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For our discussion of the presidency. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? His advisors will likely have an unusual amount of influence over...
Monday, September 12, 2016

From Politico: The Friday Cover ‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’ Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.

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A great inside story of the president's activities - and who was in charge of them - on the morning of 9/11. A nice look at the workings...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

From the Tampa Bay Times: Marco Rubio seeks to dismiss court challenge to his eligibility to be president

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As pointed out in a previous post, Senator Rubio's eligibility to hold office is also being challenged in court. The Tamps Bay Times lay...

This didn't take long - from The Hill: Attorney files 'birther' lawsuit against Cruz

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This will be worth following. I assume it will go through the courts quickly, but who knows? The article reports that Marco Rubio's elig...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Here's the image we talked about in 2305 yesterday

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It flew by my facebook feed this morning so I figured I should post it here. Here's background on the photo op . He was arguing against ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

What is a natural born citizen?

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Senator Cruz's announcement coincides with our look at Article 2. Only natural born citizens can be president, but what does that term m...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A royalist presidency?

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The Dish flags a book that suggests we that the presidency is not only based on the British model, but that the colonists - prior to becom...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Overrated and Underrated Presidents

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A Washington Post writer asked his readers to send him their picks. Read through the comments to see what was sent . A good handful think Re...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

From OUPblog: The two-term era

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When I began teaching in 1994, the standard question we asked when we covered the presidency was why presidents were unlikely to be reelecte...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Presidents - Before and After

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The job does tend to wear you out .
Friday, January 6, 2012

Obama Proposes Military Policy

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President Obama announced his military policy yesterday.  NYT coverage can be found here . A little snippet:  Mr. Obama outlined a new natio...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A Visual History of the American Presidency

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A pretty expensive poster , nice graphics though. You can zoom in on it pretty closely. Check it out.
Monday, October 24, 2011

Will Voters Punish Republicans for Killing the Jobs Bill?

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Probably not . Presidents get the blame for the economy.
Monday, October 3, 2011

Do we want a President or a Messiah?

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Probably the latter . America is desperate for a messiah. Christie Fever would seem a little more remarkable, for instance, if conservative...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Presidential Line of Succession

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From a conversation today - why is the line of succession to the presidency that way it is? I really have no idea - it seem to follow the f...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Presidential Trivia: Oaths and Affirmation

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We've been covering the Constitution in most classes recently and in 2301 read through the part in Article 6 that mandates that official...
Monday, August 29, 2011

More evidence that the presidency has become more prominent in the minds of Americans than Congress

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Click here for graphical proof  (with a caveat):
Saturday, August 27, 2011

If I Were President ...

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The NYT has a fun piece where they asked different people what they would do if they were president . It's worth a quick read, but as yo...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Ranking the Presidents by G.D.P.

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From the NYT , a ranking of president since and including Eisenhower based on GDP growth while in office: They are listed in reverse order...