executive branch

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  3/26/2021
  

  Lindsay Chervinsky's Five Best Books on Presidential Cabinets

  The author of an acclaimed book about George Washington's creation of the cabinet recommends five books about presidential cabinets, including those of Lincoln, Eisenhower and JFK, the unofficial team of African American advisors to FDR, and the consequential relationship between George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. 

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Is History Ready to Judge the Trump Presidency?

  by Samuel (Shenger) Zhou

  Understandings of presidential success and failure might have to be revised for Donald Trump; while Trump failed to win reelection, his media tactics will allow him, unlike the previous Republican president George W. Bush, to retain control of his party and remain a national force even out of office. Is this the future of the presidency?

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• 10/4/2020
  

  Loyalty and Duty in the Federal Bureaucracy, From Nixon to Trump

  by Michael Koncewicz

  Independent civil servants checked Richard Nixon's worst impulses to use the executive branch to punish enemies. The independence of the bureaucracy has since eroded, to Donald Trump's advantage. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  9/24/2020
  

  Weaken the Presidency—Even If Biden Wins

  The conduct of the Trump administration shows a long trend of increased presidential power must be stopped. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/1/2020
  

  How Do We Fix the American Presidency?

  Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, along with political scientists William Howell and Terry M. Moe, offer context for growing concerns about the power of the Presidency. 

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• 8/16/2020
  

  The Paradox of Executive Underreach

  by Michael A. Genovese

  While the Constitution says more about limiting the overreach of the executive branch, functioning government must beware of an underreaching executive that abdicates responsibility. 

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  8/11/2020
  

  Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Pick Launches Biden Towards A Cabinet That Looks Like America

  by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

  Joe Biden's selection of former rival Kamala Harris suggests he will follow other successful presidencies and appoint a cabinet that brings different views to policy discussions. 

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• SOURCE: Special to HNN
  4-29-13
  

  Jim Cullen: Review of Michael J. Gerhardt's "The Forgotten Presidents: Their Untold Constitutional Legacy" (Oxford, 2013)

  Jim Cullen, who teaches at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, is a book review editor at HNN. His latest book, Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, was recently published by Oxford University Press. Cullen blogs at American History Now.