George W. Bush (43)

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George W. Bush (43)
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The 2000 Race

• Al Gore (D) Ralph Nader (G)

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2000 Election

• 2000 election results

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Florida 2000

• 537 votes
• Legal Documents

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Bush Background

• Senator Prescott Bush Pres. GHW Bush
• (with Ike)

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His Administration

• Foreign Affairs advisers Bush II
• Domestic Policy advisers W I
• Policies Reagan III
• But Compassionate Conservatism
• No Child Left Behind

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Post-Modern Presidency?

• 1789-1933 Pre-Modern
• 1933-1989 Modern or Crisis Presidency
• 1989 End of the Crisis Presidency
• Post-Modern?
• Bush-Clinton-Bush
• Weak executive
• Madisonian model
• Governor of the USA

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Return to Crisis Presidency9/11/01
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Pentagon
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Post-September 11

• New Crisis Presidency
• Return to Modern Presidency
• Bush Address to Congress 9/20/01

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Unitary Executive Theory

• Executive Power
• National Security
• Theme in Republican Presidencies
• Nixon - Impoundment
• Nixon - Watergate
• Reagan Iran-Contra

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Bush and Presidential PowerNew Imperial
Presidency?

• Office of Homeland Security
• Congress rolls over
• AUMF 9/18/01
• Iraq Resolution of 2002, 10/16/02
• Terrorist Surveillance Program (2001)
• Detainees Military Order of 11/13/01

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Bush and Presidential Power Checks and Balances

1. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
2. But Bush asks for authority
3. AUMF 9/18/01
4. Iraq Resolution of 2002, 9/16/02
5. Protect America Act 2007 and FISA Amendments Act
   2008
6. Military Commissions Act, 2006 and Military
   Commission Act 2009

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5. Signing Statements

• Standard US Governmental Process
• Congress
• introduces bill
• negotiation begins Exec-Leg Bill becomes
• agreement law
• Pres
• Introduces bill Exec-Leg
• disagreement
• Congress passes bill
• Pres vetoes
• Congress overrides

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• Standard Process with Signing Statement
• P. implements
• his version
• Congress of law
• introduces bill Exec-Leg
• negotiation agreement Bill becomes
• begins law
• Pres
• Introduces bill Exec-Leg
• disagreement
• Pres. signs bill anyway
• Adds interpretation
• in signing statement

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The Language in the Bush 43 Signing Statements

• The executive branch shall construe reference
  to the bill in a manner consistent with the
  constitutional authority of the President to
  supervise the unitary executive branch.

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Executive Orders

• By President
• Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/62
• FDRs Orders 1937
• Carter creates FEMA 7/20/79
• Bush creates HSC and OHS 10/8/01
• Bush Military Order on Unlawful Enemy Combatants
  11/13/01
• Obama Executive Order on Immigration 11/20/14

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The Current Battle

• House Lawsuit against Obama Actions on Affordable
  Care Act
• The Resolution Authorizing the Lawsuit
• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal

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Bush 43 The Slide

• Iraq
• Hurricane Katrina
• The Great Recession

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Hurricane Katrina
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US public opinion turns against the war
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The Great Recession
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Bush Public Approval