Evolution of the Presidency

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Evolution of the Presidency

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Evolution

• Precedents
• Advise and Consent becomes consent by precedent
  
• Veto power Evolves from unconstitutional to
  bad policy to pocket veto
• Appointment Power
• Does dismissal require consent?
• From spoils system to civil service

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Expansion of Veto Power
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Recent Expansion
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Early Expansion Prez

• Washington
• Civilian control Refusal to join coup attempt
• Federal supremacy Control over state militias
• Limited power Two terms
• Jackson
• Federal supremacy Rejection of nullification
• Spoils system Open partisanship
• Lincoln
• Emergency powers Suspension of habeas corpus
• Federal supremacy War to prevent secession

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Modern Presidents

• Justifications
• Expanded power needed in modern world.
• Modernization administrative expansion.
• Expand bureaucracy as needed
• Increased global complexity national security
  state

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