The Presidency of the United States Spring, 2008 Jim Bolner, Sr., Instructor The seminar will examine the constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the election and removal of the President, presidential powers, presidential succession, Congressional attempts to limit presidential powers, and major Supreme Court decisions dealing with executive power.  The central focus will be the growth of presidential power during and since the 1930's, with special attention to presidential powers and the War on Terrorism.  Outline The Presidency in the Constitution     The Nature of the Constitution     The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Presidency     A Note on Impeachment     A Note on the Vice-Presidency       The Electoral College     The System Understood     The System Analyzed     Presidential Elections, 2008 The President in Constitutional History     Theories of Presidential Power     Great and Not-so-Great Presidents     The Imperial Presidency The Chief Executive and Chief of Foreign Relations     The President and the Cabinet     The Nominating and Appointing Power     The President and the Bureaucracy     The President and Foreign Relations     The Commander in Chief    The President and the War Power    Congressional Attempts to Limit the Presidential War Power    The Bush Presidency and the "War" on Terrorism The President and the Legislative Process    The Power to Propose    The Power to Veto    Executive Privilege    The Bush Presidency and the Legislative Process Resources [Some of the materials below are in PDF (Portable Data Format) format.  PDF files are accessible on all software platforms; the Adobe PDF Reader is free.  If you don't have it installed on your computer, just click on this link and install it. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html See also: http://bodoc.net/learn/pdfreader.htm.] The Founders' Constitution - Fundamental documents relating to the creation of the Constitution of 1787 The Constitution of the United States - This site is a gateway to the Constitution's text as well as a full annotation of provisions. Alexander  Hamilton, Federalist Number 69  PDF Format - The classic exposition of executive power by one of the chief architects of executive power. The Presidents of the United States - Data from the White House website The Whitehouse - The official website of the President.  Federalist Number 10 - From The Avalon Project Presidents of the United States - "The most comprehensive site on the Internet for Presidential resources." The Vice-Presidency of the United States The Texas Primary Explained - From Yahoo! (CQ) The Presidents of the United Staes - From the Internet Public Library Elections: Presidential - From The Statistical Abstract of the U.S.  [Click here for the Abstract's main page.] Presidential Elections - 1789-2004 - From Information Please The American Presidency Project - From UC Santa Barbara; great for presidential  speeches 1789-2004 Presidential Elections - From the National Archives Vote Cast for President by Major Political Party, 1948 to 2004 - From The Statistical Abstract The Electoral College - Frequently Asked Questions - From the Federal Register   Electoral College and Map Generator, 2004  The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals - Prepared by the Congressional Reference Service, 2004 National Popular Vote - Movement to bypass the Electoral College ProCon.org -  All major issues (2008) presented in a pro-con format How to Become U.S. President: A Step-by-Step Guide The History of U.S. Presidential Elections - From the History Channel Richard Reeves, "Why Hillary Stumbled," February 22, 2008 Signing Statements: George W. Bush - From Coherentbabble.com The Center for Public Integrity - Tracking Corruption Politico - An Influential Website for Political Information