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Presidential Roles

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We as everyday citizens hold many roles and are subject to many different responsibilities in our professional and private lives. Therefore it makes sense that the responsibilities of those who hold public office would be increased in quantity and in virtue of their importance. The highest executive office in our government is that of the president, consequently the elected incumbent is the leader of our nation and holds some of the most important roles and responsibilities of any elected official. The disparate roles of the presidency historically has, and have the potential to and both add or detract from the Madisonian model. The powers of the incumbent president both formal and expressed filter through the operational system of checks …show more content…

As the leader of their political party the president appoints members of their party to leadership positions of agencies. While this strategy may be effective if the congressional majority is the party of the president. Due to the tendency of the majority party in congress to shift to the opposing party of any two term president in what is called a wave election the party leadership approach to government is only effective for certain periods of time. The mobilizing of public opinion falters similarly to that of the party leadership strategy as presidents most often become less popular and have lower approval ratings the longer they remain in office. The most consistently effective approach is the utilization of administrative strategies. Strategies such as regulatory review where in the president can review the rules required to be enacted by the federal agencies and make suggestions or even order the adoption of particular rules, prove to be effective often due to the ability of the agency to take credit for the legislation if public opinion is positive or place blame upon the incumbent in the case of the legislation being viewed negatively. Amongst the most important administrative strategies is the executive order which is used to push major policies that would otherwise be difficult to pass through congress. Executive orders differ from executive actions which are often regarded on the state level as suggestive and not necessarily enforced. Executive orders have been responsible for some very historically important legislation and policies such as the Louisiana Purchase ordered by Tomas Jefferson, the Emancipation of Slaves under Lincoln, and the interning of Japanese Americans during world war two ordered by Franklin D. Roosevelt executive orders have produced some of America’s greatest triumphs and

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Throughout American history, there have been numerous shifts and changes in politics and in the government. From the time George Washington was sworn into office in 1789 to Andrew Johnson’s assumption of presidency in 1808, one of the most prominent changes is the transformation of the presidential power and interpretation of the Constitution. As time goes on, the influence of the president gradually expands and evolves from a tightly constrained role into a significantly powerful position. The authority of the president grows along with the expansion of the nation's prosperity and prestige in the world. During the Revolutionary War in the late 18th century, the Founding Fathers created America and established a new system of governing.

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In “Perspectives on the Presidency” from The Presidency in a Separated System, Charles O. Jones argues that the United States government is not merely influenced and led by the president. Jones argues in favor of the United States having a separated system, rather than a presidential system. In this separated system, the role of the president varies, depending on resources and strategy. Jones proceeds to discuss two types of perspectives of the president; the Dominant Perspective and the Alternative Perspective. In the Dominant Perspective, political parties are stronger than they normally are in a system of separated elections, the opposing party acts as a critic of the party in power, and the president is, idealistically, aggressive.

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If assistance is needed the president can invoke the authority and enforce Laws. The implied powers the president has taken over time are the authorities to negotiate treaties and sign executive agreements.

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This sets the stage for the checks and balances from the judicial and legislative branches of government that must be, and have been, done at times in order to reign in the power of the presidency. The successes, not only in the subsequent leadership, growth, and ability of the executive office, but the successful checks and balances in the 20th century, such as Watergate, U.S. v Nixon, and others, are thanks to the founder’s framing of the way our government operates. Strong leadership, while having a guaranteed opportunity to change a government that may have become too powerful, is an inherently American ideal, and is what the founders intended for the future of our

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Although the three branches in U.S political setting are limited by each other, the president could also exercise executive orders as his privilege. The executive order is a proclamation released from the executive branch of government without involvement and oversight of the legislative or judicial branches. Since George Washington executed the power to respond to economic crises and natural disasters, every U.S president used executive order also. "The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States", "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States" and "He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed" enforced the confirmation of executive order’s evidence in the context that

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The role of the president is an increasingly contentious subject matter, and is especially relevant in the late 20th and early 21st centuries due to an increase in partisan gridlock. The question surrounding how much power the President should be able to have has been a discussion in government dating back to the framers of the constitution. The framers purposefully did not want the President to have too much power due to their opposition to an all-powerful central government. The checks and balance provision between the Legislative, Judicial and Executive branch was implemented to ensure that no branch of government could obtain a disproportionate amount of power. The broad nature of the second article surrounding executive power has been used as a tool for presidents to

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