The American Presidency
Fall, 2017
Instructor: Jim Bolner, Sr. - jimbolnersr@gmail.com

I. Introduction
            The Importance of the President
            The Need for Leadership
            The Presidency in the Context of the United States Political System

II. The Presidency in the Constitution
            The Presidency in the Constitutional Convention
            Choosing the President and Presidential Succession
            Compensating the President
            Removing the President
            The Vice-Presidency

III. The President as Chief Executive
            “[H]e shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed...”
            The President and the Senate
            The Cabinet
            The Appointment Power
            The Bureaucracy

IV. The President as Legislator
            The Power to Propose Legislation
            The Presidency and Separation of Powers
            The Veto Power

V.  The President as Commander in Chief
            Presidential War Power in War and Peace
            Dealing with Military Personnel
            The Military Budget

VI. The President and Foreign Relations
            The Treaty Power
            Executive Agreements

Internet Resources

Presidential Trivia

The Presidency in the Constitutional Convention --from usconstitution.net

Article II of the Constitution
The President's Term of Office (Amendment XX)
Limiting the President's Term to Two (Amendment XXII)
Presidential Vacancy and Disability (Amendment XXV)

The Matter of Salaries... --from Infoplease.com
Presidential Perks --from http://everything2.com

Andrew Sullivan, "Can Democracy Survive Tribalism?" --from New York Magazine

Anacyclosis --from Wikipedia

Presidential Power --from CQ Researcher (2002)

Presidential Power --from CQ Researcher (2006)

Presidential Power --from CQ Researcher (2015)

Three Theories of Presidential Power --from Syracuse University

The Trump Presidency --from CQ Researcher (2017)

The Obama Legacy --from CQ Researcher (2016)

Presidential Elections - 1789-2016 --from the National Archives

The Election of 1800 --from 270towin.com

Michelle Goldberg, "The Tyranny of the Minority" --from The New York Times, September 24, 2017

Presidents of the United States --from presidentsusa.net

Jeremi Suri's Website - [Suri is a history professor at the University of Texas (Austin) and the author of
The Impossible Presidency (2017).] 
Click here to read the introduction to the book.7

The Miller Center - University of Virginia
https://millercenter.org/