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President Precedents
President Precedents
President Precedents
To mark Presidents' Day, we compiled an exhibit that explores the shifting ways Americans have conceived of the U.S. presidency.
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The Mandate
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President Precedents
The Mandate
The Mandate
The President Who Would Not Be King
Executive power and the Constitution.
by
Michael W. McConnell
How the Constitution Unifies the Country
Yuval Levin urges us to take America’s greatest constitutional thinker, James Madison, as our lodestar.
by
Marc Landy
Declaring War
Congress hasn't declared it often. The U.S. has fought a lot of war anyway. How?
by
William Hogeland
The Framers’ Answers to Three Myths About Impeachment
Three misunderstood aspects of our governmental system, and the truth pulled directly from the Federalist Papers
by
Garry Wills
partner
A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight
Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?
by
Donald J. Fraser
What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.
by
Julian Davis Mortenson
Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense
If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited.
by
Erick Trickey
America’s King
America long ago rejected the trappings of monarchy in favor of republicanism, but many have wanted to have it both ways.
by
Howe Whitman III
J. Roberts et al. v. A. Lincoln
As the Supreme Court invents a law to negate all others, Chief Justice John Roberts now ranks just below Roger Taney.
by
Harold Meyerson
‘The President Himself May Be Guilty’: Why Pardons Were Hotly Debated By The Founding Fathers
The Mueller report raised the issue the Constitution’s framers feared in 1787: abuse of presidential power.
by
Erick Trickey
Truman Declared an Emergency When He Felt Thwarted. Trump Should Know: It Didn’t End Well.
Truman seized control of the country’s steel mills during the Korean War. It led to a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.
by
Steve Hendrix
When Presidents Think About Defying the Courts
When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.
by
Jeff Shesol
The Case Against an American King, Then and Now
Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III.
by
Liesl Schillinger
The Pulpit
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President Precedents
The Mandate
The Mandate
The President Who Would Not Be King
Executive power and the Constitution.
by
Michael W. McConnell
How the Constitution Unifies the Country
Yuval Levin urges us to take America’s greatest constitutional thinker, James Madison, as our lodestar.
by
Marc Landy
Declaring War
Congress hasn't declared it often. The U.S. has fought a lot of war anyway. How?
by
William Hogeland
The Framers’ Answers to Three Myths About Impeachment
Three misunderstood aspects of our governmental system, and the truth pulled directly from the Federalist Papers
by
Garry Wills
partner
A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight
Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?
by
Donald J. Fraser
What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.
by
Julian Davis Mortenson
Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense
If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited.
by
Erick Trickey
America’s King
America long ago rejected the trappings of monarchy in favor of republicanism, but many have wanted to have it both ways.
by
Howe Whitman III
J. Roberts et al. v. A. Lincoln
As the Supreme Court invents a law to negate all others, Chief Justice John Roberts now ranks just below Roger Taney.
by
Harold Meyerson
‘The President Himself May Be Guilty’: Why Pardons Were Hotly Debated By The Founding Fathers
The Mueller report raised the issue the Constitution’s framers feared in 1787: abuse of presidential power.
by
Erick Trickey
Truman Declared an Emergency When He Felt Thwarted. Trump Should Know: It Didn’t End Well.
Truman seized control of the country’s steel mills during the Korean War. It led to a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.
by
Steve Hendrix
When Presidents Think About Defying the Courts
When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.
by
Jeff Shesol
The Case Against an American King, Then and Now
Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III.
by
Liesl Schillinger
The Legacy
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20
President Precedents
The Mandate
The Mandate
The President Who Would Not Be King
Executive power and the Constitution.
by
Michael W. McConnell
How the Constitution Unifies the Country
Yuval Levin urges us to take America’s greatest constitutional thinker, James Madison, as our lodestar.
by
Marc Landy
Declaring War
Congress hasn't declared it often. The U.S. has fought a lot of war anyway. How?
by
William Hogeland
The Framers’ Answers to Three Myths About Impeachment
Three misunderstood aspects of our governmental system, and the truth pulled directly from the Federalist Papers
by
Garry Wills
partner
A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight
Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?
by
Donald J. Fraser
What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.
by
Julian Davis Mortenson
Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense
If not for three sparring Virginia delegates, Congress’s power to remove a president would be even more limited.
by
Erick Trickey
America’s King
America long ago rejected the trappings of monarchy in favor of republicanism, but many have wanted to have it both ways.
by
Howe Whitman III
J. Roberts et al. v. A. Lincoln
As the Supreme Court invents a law to negate all others, Chief Justice John Roberts now ranks just below Roger Taney.
by
Harold Meyerson
‘The President Himself May Be Guilty’: Why Pardons Were Hotly Debated By The Founding Fathers
The Mueller report raised the issue the Constitution’s framers feared in 1787: abuse of presidential power.
by
Erick Trickey
Truman Declared an Emergency When He Felt Thwarted. Trump Should Know: It Didn’t End Well.
Truman seized control of the country’s steel mills during the Korean War. It led to a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.
by
Steve Hendrix
When Presidents Think About Defying the Courts
When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.
by
Jeff Shesol
The Case Against an American King, Then and Now
Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III.
by
Liesl Schillinger
