Directions: Using the accredited sources listed below please provide two, specific, historical
examples that demonstrate the ‘growth’ in presidential power during the 20th and 21st
centuries.
List of Academic Resources:
Although you may additional academic articles obtained from the Kaplan library – here are some
notable academic articles:
Tushnet, M. (2015). The Presidential Empire. Dissent (00123846), 62(2), 101.
Savage C. Takeover: Return of the Imperial Presidency [article]. Washburn Law Journal [serial
online]. 2008;(2):299. Available from: HeinOnline, Ipswich, MA. Accessed April 13, 2015.
Mathews, M. K. (2001). Restoring the Imperial Presidency: An Examination of President Bush’s
New Emergency Powers [article]. Hamline Journal Of Public Law & Policy, (2), 455.
Carey, G. W. (2007). The Problem of the Imperial Presidency. Modern Age, 49(4), 443-451.
Rudalevige, A. (2006). The New Imperial Presidency : Renewing Presidential Power After
Watergate. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Boyer, P. (2010). The Imbalance of Power: How the Manhattan Project gave birth to the imperial
presidency. American Scholar, 79(2), 105-108.
I call myself have an answer, but it did not pass plagiarism standards Please I just need another version of
this answer matching reference and intext citations properly
When the founding fathers put together U.S. Constitution they listed three things that a person has to have
in order to become President.
They have to have been born within the Unites States.
They must be at least 35 years old. (Which personally I feel is a little too young)
They have to have been living in the Unites States for at least 14 years in order to become
President.
“The powers of the modern presidency have been shaped by a combination of constitutional and
evolutionary powers” (ushistory, 2008-2014). “The forceful personalities of strong Presidents have
expanded the role far beyond the greatest fears of the antifederalists of the late 1700s” (ushistory, 20082014).
When taking into consideration the power of the Presidents between the 20 th and the 21st century
there has been change, but there was different President’s before them that laid the ground work for it to
be done. The Presidency has taken on the power to implement Executive Orders. Things such as the
U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 have been changed
during these times (Tushnet, 2015). But most of the changes in this act happened after the 911 attack. The
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows us to spy on enemies to determine the seriousness of the
threat they carry and how they can affect the nation (Tushnet, 2015). The U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001
allowed the United States government to spy on their very own citizens (Tushnet, 2015). It is the U.S.A.
Patriot Act of 2001 that I found to be the hardest one to understand. While I know we as a nation have
been spying on other countries for years, I thought the spying of the citizens of this country to be just a
rumor at one time. It is hard to believe that it was possible to pass a law like tis via the president, but I
guess it was.
The other form of growth in Presidential power I found to be interesting was how “the President,
Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment
for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (ushistory, 20082014). is part if the Constitution yet it is not held in high esteem and does not have the meaning that it
should. President Clinton was impeached yet not removed from office. No one hears the word impeach
the President and thinks that it holds water. So this is a power that is very important for the people and to
keep balance and in a since it has been passed to the President.
References
About. 2015. What are the requirements to become president? Retrieved from
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/a/Fourteenth-Amendment.htm.
Tushnet, M. (2015). The Presidential Empire. Dissent (00123846), 62(2), 101.
Ushistory. 2008-2014. American government. Retrieved from http://www.ushistory.org/gov/7a.asp.
