POLS 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chester A. Arthur, Nelson Rockefeller, Orrin Hatch
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General observation: most personalized branch (woodrow wilson) John f. kennedy (1961-63): 43 (elected: more senior presidents. James madison/zachary taylor: william h. harrison/benjamin harrison, teddy roosevelt/franklin roosevelt, george h. bush/george w. bush. Challenging circumstances: millard fillmore (1850-1853, abraham lincoln (1861-65) James garfield (1881: andrew johnson (1865-69, herbert hoover (1929-33, richard nixon (1969-74, ronald regan (1981-89, bill clinton (1993-01) George w. bush: no college education. Political experience: lyndon baines johnson (1963-69, gerald ford (1974-77, none: Powers not clearly defined: article i versus article ii. Implied on inherent powers: whig v. stewardship theory. Enormous expectations placed on occupants of this office. Difficulties of satisfying those expectations: congress. Iron triangles: supreme court, e. g. , u. s. v. nixon (1974) Senate: more deliberate (cools off some of the passions of the house: differences between the two houses. Citizenship: house 7 years, senate 9 years. No term limit on congress: functional differences. Constitutional sta(cid:374)dard (cid:894)arti(cid:272)le ii, e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s 4(cid:895): (cid:862)treaso(cid:374), (cid:271)ri(cid:271)ery, or other high (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es a(cid:374)d (cid:373)isde(cid:373)ea(cid:374)ors(cid:863)
