POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rulemaking, Divided Government, United States Presidential Approval Rating

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Gurian

Document Summary

Article 2 of the constitution gives executive power to the president of the. Article 1 section 8 enumerates powers specifically given to congress. When the presidency is mentioned, the constitution does not say herein granted as opposed to article 8. George washington"s presidency was very limited, was washington"s choice. Presidency continued to be very limited for 150 years. Almost every president until the great depression took a limited approach . Congress was willing to give lincoln a lot of power because they knew they worked slowly and they needed someone who could make decisions quickly. Said the president could do anything as long as it wasn"t said in the constitution that he couldn"t. William howard taft also took an expansive approach. Took the tradition view that the presidency is limited. Said that presidents shouldn"t do anything not mentioned in the constitution. During the great depression, fdr did some things that were clearly unconstitutional.