POLI-3105 American Presidency

Required:

Milkis and Nelson:

• Ch 15 - Barack Obama and the Dilemma of Modern Presidential Leadership

Nelson: 

• Ch 18 - The Three Presidencies... ppp. 500-524
• Ch 1 - The Two Constitutional Presidencies pp. 1-32

Has the modern presidency become too powerful?

• Gass, H. (2021, January 25). 'A too-powerful presidency': Will US ever rein in executive branch? The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
• Is the Presidency Too Powerful? (February 21, 2019) - audio podcast (1:00:25) with transcript
• C-SPAN: The Future of the American Presidency - video (2:13:44) with transcript

Supplemental (optional):

Obama

• Inaugural Address (January 20, 2009) - video (21:38) with transcript
• Address before a Joint Session of Congress (February 24, 2009) on the economic crisis - video (52:22) with transcript
• A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan (March 27, 2009)
• Address at Cairo University (June 4, 2009) - video (54:44) with transcript
• Address to Congress on Health Care (September 9, 2009) - video (47:15) with transcript
• The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (December 1, 2009) - video (33:33) with transcript

Trump

• Election Night Remarks - video (16:20) [transcript via New York Times]
• Inauguration and Speech - video (54:46; speech begins at about 29 minute mark)
• Address to Joint Session of Congress (February 28, 2017) - video (1:00:23)
• UN General Assembly Speech - video (41:36) [transcript via Politico]
• China Speech -video (7:58) [transcript via Whitehouse.gov]