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    declare war to Congress‚ implicitly prohibiting the President from committing troops to a long-term conflict (Article I Section 8). However‚ if the Founders saw the presidency today‚ I believe they would strongly disapprove.Today‚ the executive is closely tied to popular will‚ not the Constitution. In many states‚ electors are legally obligated for the winner of the popular vote in their state. Many modern presidents

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    President Richard Nixon’s Watergate incident and resignation in August of 1974 left the nation feeling skeptic toward the national government. Gerald Ford‚ who was not elected by the public‚ took the oath of office and became the 38th president of the United States. President Ford‚ coined with a repugnant image in both the eyes of the public and the media‚ was defeated by 56 electoral votes in the election of 1976. Jimmy Carter managed to receive similar distasteful images by the end of his single

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    An analysis of Obama’s president speech. This essay will scrutinize the articulation of Barack Obama’s speech and will study his use of verbal and non-verbal communication. It will examine whether or not he has used the appropriate tone‚ language and the correct techniques for speaking as a president. By the time this essay comes to an end one should be able to recognize how befitting his speech was for his audience and the formal nature of it. Obama spoke in a formal manner which showed

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    The Assassination of President Lincoln By: Amelia Austin April 28‚ 2013 History 301 Dr. Brian Craig Miller The Assassination of President Lincoln The day is April 14‚ 1865‚ a day the world will always remember! Abraham Lincoln was the first American President to have been assassinated. In the dynamics of the unfolding events leading to the assassination of “President Lincoln‚” there seem to be a magnitude of people

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    The American President PolSci 001 1. How influential are the decisions of a President in times of war? How do you relate the powers of the President to declare Martial Law? * Being the leader of a country‚ a President’s decision can greatly affect the present situation that the country is facing. Whatever decision he makes can sum up his abilities towards leading his people. It influences the people with the President’s decision in terms of support or disapproval. Support in the sense

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    First Section: In this report‚ the five leadership qualities I used to grade each president were: decision-making‚ making successful foreign policy‚ making successful domestic policy‚ leadership‚ and crisis management. We make dozens of decisions a day unconsciously. Each decision have consequences that can be positive or negative. Having a president with good decision-making skills helps increase the number of positive outcomes within a country and diminish the negatives. Being an indecisive leader

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    and in the end the American people chose a new leader Mr. George w. Bush. President Bush clearly defined foreign policy objectives and goals. I have seen and hear our dear President Bush foreign policy after September 11. Following this‚ Bush has established its top priorities in foreign policy. He claims that an acts in the government to improve the international community through negotiation and cooperation. Likewise President Bush remark "It is to inspire and be inspired by other nations to work

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    Two very different presidents ‚as of the not yet moth Trumps been in office‚ have some considerably similar (and yet incomparably different due to their backgrounds‚ race‚ religion‚ etc) inaugural addresses. Obama had done some pretty newsworthy things while he was in office. He (the military under his head as commander and chief) killed the leader of the infamous terrorist group al qaeda Osama bin laden‚ put into place the healthcare system that cared for many‚ and legalised same sex marriage‚ and

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    America is not ready for a woman President. A woman for President is definitely a debatable topic. There are many opinions on this subject today‚ especially with Hillary Rodham Clinton running for president in 2008. In other countries woman have been making great leaders for centuries. We as Americans should be more concerned with the individual’s believes‚ experience‚ and morals instead of sex of the individual. The constitution says all "men are created equal"‚ this translates to "all men

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    On Saturday hundreds of Trump supports descended on the National Mall in Washington‚ DC to attend the Mother of All Rallies‚ a gathering of conservatives‚ focusing on voicing their support President Trump. “This rally is not only about coming to support the president‚ but also coming [here] in support of the constitution said Jourdin Davis‚ a 25-year-old African American supporter from Berkeley‚ California. “It is about coming together in support of American values‚ western values and promoting

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