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chandani

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Truman's commitment to civil rights can be traced to which two aspects of the institutional presidency?
 
  A)character and presidential leadership
  B)executive privilege and his worldview
  C)partisanship and political expediency
  D)national outlook and political legacy

Question 2

What are various ways in which the legislative branch of government has sought to constrain the unilateral actions of presidents?How successful hasit been in its efforts? Provide specific examples.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

The ideal answer should:
a. Discuss how the checks-and-balances feature of American institutions prevents presidents from doing whatever they want to advance their policy agenda, noting that presidents try to do as much unilaterally as they think they can get away with and that often they will not act if they think they will not succeed. Examplescould include George Bush's decision not to privatize Social Security and Barack Obama's inaction on comprehensive immigration reform.
b.Explain how Congress has passed legislation such as the Federal Register Act, the Case Act, andthe War Powers Resolution in an effort to correct what was perceived as an imbalance in power between the legislative and executive branches.
c. Assess how presidents' ability to control informationfor example, through executive privilege, their influence on the nature of the policy agenda, andin the deployment of troops abroadand their ability to bypass key aspects of the congressional appropriations processfor example, Kennedy's funding of the Peace Corpshave effectively reduced the formidability of the institutional constraints of checks and balances.




chandani

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Wow, this really help


softEldritch

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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