POLI-3105 American Presidency

Readings/Preparation

Required:

Milkis and Nelson:

• Ch 4 - The Triumph of Jeffersonianism
• Ch 5 - The Age of Jackson
• Ch 10 - The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency (pp. 289-306 only)

Nelson: 

• Ch 3 - The Development of Presidential Power
• Ch 4 - The Presidency in History

Ellis:

• Ch 8 - Presidential power is (still) the power to persuade (preparation for Discussion 1)

Supplemental (optional):

Andrew Jackson:

• First Message to Congress (1829) 
• Veto of the Bank Bill (1833)

Franklin D. Roosevelt:

• First Inaugural Address (1933) - audio (19:04) with transcript
• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Court-Packing” Address (1937) - audio (34:46) with transcript

United States Supreme Court Cases:

• Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935) 
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936)