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Directions: Please answer the following questions on The Presidency utilizing what you have read from your textbook, my notes, and the Crash Course Government and Politics videos. Please type out the question and answer, please utilize complete collegiate level sentences and proper grammar, thank you!
1. What are the President’s Formal Powers? Please describe each role of the President and what each role entails.
2. What is the War Powers Act? Why does the War Powers Act raise serious constitutional questions? Please explain.
3. What is a signing statement and how does it differ from a presidential veto? Please explain.
4. What is a line-item veto? Are presidents allowed to use line-item vetoes? Why or why not? Please explain.
5. What is a “strict constructionist view of the presidency”? What is a “a stewardship presidency”? How do they differ? Please explain.
6. Provide one detailed example from the text, The Irony of Democracy, Chapter 9, where, historically a U.S. president has indeed acted beyond specified constitutional powers or laws of Congress.
7. What is Executive Privilege? How has Executive Privilege been utilized by past administrations? Does Congress recognize Executive Privilege? Please explain. 8. Which U.S. President is the only president to resign from office? Why did he resign? Please explain.
