imperial or imperilled president

• who came up with the imperial presidency theory?

  professor Schlesinger
• what is the imperial presidency theory?

  the idea that the presidency has an imperial or emperor-like character
• who came up with the imperilled presidency theory?

  Gerald Ford
• what is the imperilled presidency theory?

  the idea that the presidency’s effectiveness was limited by an overly assertive Congress
• Why does Donald Trump support the Imperialist theory?

  • his use of many executive orders
• why does Nixon support the imperialist theory?

  • Military action - continuing the war in Vietnam
  • Watergate
• why did president Ford have an Imperilled Presidency?

  congress had passed new laws like the War powers act 1973 after Nixon’s presidency and this limited the power of subsequent presidets