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Trump Is Hamiltonian, Not Jacksonian
He believes in Federalist 70’s “Energy in the Executive.”
by
Francis P. Sempa
via
Modern Age
on
July 10, 2025
Surviving Bad Presidents
What the Constitution asks of us.
by
George Thomas
via
The Bulwark
on
May 16, 2025
When Presidents Sought a Third (and Fourth) Term
Winning more than two elections was unthinkable. Then came FDR.
by
Russell Berman
via
The Atlantic
on
May 1, 2025
Before Trump, This President ‘Paralyzed’ Washington with Cuts
Andrew Jackson set the standard for the most tumultuous presidential term ever — at least until now.
by
Ronald G. Shafer
via
Retropolis
on
February 28, 2025
Exhibit
President Precedents
How Americans understand the powers of the office and the legacies of past leaders.
The President Trump Is Pushing Aside
Grover Cleveland enthusiasts aren’t thrilled that Donald Trump won a nonconsecutive presidential term.
by
Russell Berman
via
The Atlantic
on
January 1, 2025
Hero of 2024: A Half-Century Later, Richard Nixon Was Finally Vindicated
Nixon was quietly vindicated by the Supreme Court in its Trump v. United States. A half-century later, the Supreme Court made clear that he was right all along.
by
Dan Friedman
via
Mother Jones
on
December 27, 2024
The Thin Line Between Biopic and Propaganda
The success of “Reagan” reflects the market demands of a more fragmented moviegoing public—and reality.
by
Zach Schonfeld
via
The Atlantic
on
November 18, 2024
The Moment of Truth
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.
by
Tom Nichols
via
The Atlantic
on
October 9, 2024
What If Ronald Reagan’s Presidency Never Really Ended?
Anti-Trump Republicans revere Ronald Reagan as Trump’s opposite—yet in critical ways Reagan may have been his forerunner.
by
Daniel Immerwahr
via
The New Yorker
on
September 9, 2024
What Joe Biden Can Learn From Harry Truman
His approval rating hit historic lows, his party was fractious, crises were everywhere. But Truman rescued his presidency, and his legacy.
by
John Dickerson
via
The Atlantic
on
March 1, 2022
The Man Who Loved Presidents
A review of Jon Meacham's newest book and documentary.
by
Thomas Frank
via
Harper’s
on
June 10, 2021
A Brief History of Presidential Lethargy
How much do we expect our presidents to rest?
by
Stacy A. Cordery
via
The Conversation
on
February 15, 2019
The Presidency Is Too Big to Succeed
The problems of presidential gigantism can’t be solved by finding the right giant—the office is dying from its own growth.
by
Jeremi Suri
via
The Atlantic
on
May 9, 2018
The Hardest Job in the World
What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?
by
John Dickerson
via
The Atlantic
on
April 17, 2018
Female Trouble
Clinton's memoir addresses the gendered discourse and larger feminist contexts of the 2016 presidential campaign.
by
Annette Gordon-Reed
via
New York Review of Books
on
January 22, 2018
Pour One Out for Ulysses S. Grant
His presidency was known for corruption, scandal, and booze. In a new book, Ron Chernow attempts to rehabilitate it.
by
Adam Gopnik
via
The New Yorker
on
October 2, 2017
Impeachment, American Style
It’s our democracy’s ultimate weapon for self-defense. But does intense political opposition justify its use?
by
Cass R. Sunstein
via
The New Yorker
on
September 20, 2017
The Presidency Never Recovered After Vietnam
The war opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it.
by
Ken Burns
,
Lynn Novick
via
The Atlantic
on
September 12, 2017
Memo to Trump: This Is Why You're Losing
Why the president, who appears allergic to the logic of bureaucracy, keeps getting defeated by that humblest of technologies, the office memorandum.
by
Yoni Appelbaum
via
The Atlantic
on
June 15, 2017
Trump’s Defense of Taking Foreign Money Is Historically Illiterate
The Justice Department lawyers are getting the Founding Fathers all wrong.
by
Joshua Zeitz
via
Politico Magazine
on
June 11, 2017
Trying to Remember J.F.K.
On the centenary of his birth, seeking the man behind the myth.
by
Thomas Mallon
via
The New Yorker
on
May 22, 2017
FDR's War Against the Press
Franklin Roosevelt had his own Breitbart, and radio was his Twitter.
by
David Beito
via
Reason
on
April 5, 2017
Dressing Down for the Presidency
Thomas Jefferson's republican simplicity.
by
Gaye Wilson
via
White House Historical Association
on
November 1, 2012
The Performer
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and his creation of the modern "performer" president.
by
Russell Baker
via
New York Review of Books
on
April 11, 2002
Hoover Makes Available the Newly Processed Papers of Nancy’s Reagan’s White House Astrologer
How an astrologer's direction steered presidential travel, public appearances, and meetings.
by
Jean McElwee Cannon
via
Hoover Institution
on
August 1, 2025
The President's Awesome War Powers
Where they come from, how they've evolved, and how they could change.
by
Lindsay M. Chervinsky
via
Imperfect Union
on
July 15, 2025
The President’s Weapon
Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?
by
Tom Nichols
via
The Atlantic
on
June 26, 2025
Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One
We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse.
by
Manisha Sinha
via
The UnPopulist
on
June 19, 2025
Putting the "Executive" in “Unitary Executive”
We cannot divorce the independence of the executive branch from its substance.
by
John Yoo
via
Law & Liberty
on
June 18, 2025
John Adams Is Bald and Toothless
A brief history of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
by
Michael Liss
via
3 Quarks Daily
on
May 19, 2025
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