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imperial or imperilled presidency - Coggle Diagram
imperial or imperilled presidency
when a president acts in likeness to an emperor - imperial, such as Richard Nixon
nixon was an incredibly powerful president, he used dirty tricks however he was exposed, multiple times he refused to spend funds allocated by congress, he refused to make decision makers be questioned infant of congressional committees, he refused to tell congress when he was bombing a foreign country such as keeping bombing Cambodia a secret a months. when the senate tried to put an end to the bombing in 1973 Nixon vetoed this. then Watergate
water gate, Nixon wanted to ensure he would win re-election in 1972, he sent buggs to the democratic conference to steal the information and key documents the burgulars were found out and demanded hush money yet still revelled their sources.
he resigned before he was impeached, he would've been impeached, he tried to interfere in the Watergate investigation.
when a president is limited in their powers- imperilled, such as Joe biden
however there are some examples of Biden acting in an imperial way in 2023 Supreme Court rejected him trying to wipe student loans, however then still loosened the rules surrounding student debt, it removed $183 billion of student loans, this was essentially without congressional approval
imperial presidency references to when the president dominates congress but also creates international standing
trump has initiated 75 executive orders in his second term already. he did only 1 executive order on his inauguration day of his first term
the initial creation of the executive order was the intention that it was to be used in times of crises, this has legal authority however it is not creating a law that is only congress' power.
in his first term he was rather constrained, such as him pledging to build a wall between USA and Mexico, however congress denied the amount of funding he wished, he declared a national emergency and received funding from this however this national emergency was then reversed.
executive orders are way enumerated powers of the constitution have been stretched, these are implied powers which do not require the president to go through congress and the other checks and balances.
the imperilled presidency has example of Obamas second term where congress was dominated by the republicans, and the bi-partisanship made it difficult for Obama to pass any legislation. he also struggled to get his budget through, he tried to use executive orders to limit gun ownership after the sandy hook massacre however congress refused these orders and many orders were overturned by a trump presidency.
is trump an imperial president? politics is becoming more polarised in america will mean the more likely an imperial president,
then two year terms can help reduce an imperial presidency as the composition of congress can change
in different circumstances incumbents who have opposed trump have been challenged for their seats by other republicans in the mid terms for example 6/10 republicans who voted for trumps impeachment, were defeated in their primary by trumpists
trump created the department of government efficiency (doge) headed by his friend Elon musk and is about slashing federal funding, reduce size of federal government by laying people off, not legally a department as only congress can do that however was created through executive order
trump declared English the official language of the USA, this means that people cannot request their documents to be in a different language that may be easier for them to understand they have to be in English.
on executive order however isn't in action and this was the clarification of the 14th amendment in which it says anyone born on American soil is American however trump wants to change it so if your parents are undocumented and the child is born in the US they are not entitled to citizenship
trumps tariffs could be imperial as he choosing to interfere with the goods coming in an out of america it is having negative impacts on the stock markets, congress should've initiated tariffs however trump is which is another sign of an imperial presidency
trump wants to expand americas terretority he wants the Panama Canal back, he wants to own greenland 'one way or the other' = imperial