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The Constitution states “the executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America” meaning the president is essentially the CEO of the United States. With that title comes a lot of perks such as living in the White House and flying around on Air Force One, but the job comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility.
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No one is above the law. This foundational principle is at the core of American democracy from the beginning as the Founding Fathers found a monarch distasteful and wanted to create a “government of laws, and not men.” It is important for all Americans to realize that the president, the highest position in the land, is not a king and must follow the law
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In the past 200 years, the Constitutional powers of the president haven’t changed. However, that hasn’t stopped presidents from expanding executive power especially in times of crisis or complex problems.
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Prior to the late 1800s, Presidents had relatively little communication with the press or the greater population outside of the campaign season. This all changed as national newspapers began to circulate at the turn of the 1900s and the press had more access than ever before to the president, as presidents found new medias helpful in promoting their agenda.
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