Required:
Milkis & Nelson:
- Ch 8 - Progressive Politics and Executive Power
- Ch 9 - The Triumph of Conservative Republicanism
- Ch 12 - A Restoration of Presidential Power?
Nelson:
- Ch 14 - The Presidency and Bureaucracy... pp.374-405
- Ch 15 - The President and Congress pp.406-447
Ellis:
- Ch 7 - Presidential success and failure have more to do with political time than with a president's character and leadership qualities pp. 113-136 (preparation for discussion 1)
- Ch 11 - Presidential signing statements threaten the rule of law and the separation of powers pp. 205-225 (preparation for discussion 2)
- Ch 12 - Executive orders and other unilateral presidential directives undermine democracy pp. 226-249 (preparation for discussion 2)
Supplemental (optional):
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918)
Myers v. United States (1926) USSC case
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Little Rock Executive Order (1957)
John F. Kennedy:
Lyndon B. Johnson: