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POLI-3105 American Presidency

A subject guide to help with research and supplemental reading for American Presidency (263314).

Module 4 Readings

Required:

Milkis & Nelson:

  • Ch 7 - The Reaction against Presidential Power (pp. 181-194 only)
  • Ch 11 - Personalizing the Presidency (pp. 351-376 only)
  • Ch 13 - Bill Clinton and the Modern Presidency

Nelson:

  • Ch 5 - Presidential Competence 134-166
  • Ch 6 - The Psychological Presidency pp. 167-190

 

Supplemental (optional): 

Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868)

 

The War Powers Resolution (1973)

 

Proposed Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon (1974)

 

Gerald R. Ford’s Pardon of Richard Nixon (1974) - video (10:22) with transcript

 

Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton (1998)

 

Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump (2019)

 

Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump (2021)

 

United States Supreme Court Cases