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PS 4163/6163: Chief Executive

Library Resources for Dr. Lia Merivaki's course

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"What Would a Biden Era be Like? Recent Protests Give Us Some Ideas"
The Politics of Faction Blog.
"What Will a Biden Presidency Look Like?"
The Politics In Question Podcast.
"There are 3 possible scenarios for what post-Trump America could look like, according to experts"
Business Insider.
"Can America Recover from the Trump Presidency?"
Vanity Fair Podcast.
"Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene."
Associated Press.
U. S. Election Results
Reuters Graphics.
"Research Presidential Materials"
National Archives.
The American Presidency Project Data Archive
The American Presidency Project.
2020 General Election Turnout Statistics
U. S. Elections Project.
2020 General Early Vote Statistics
Article II-Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3
Constitution Center.
"It's time to abolish the Electoral College"
Brookings.edu
"Could a few state legislators choose the next president?"
The Conversation. Austin Sarat.
“Inventing the Media Presidency: Public Opinion and Publicity in the Early 20th Century"
The Miller Center.
Presidential Approval Ratings Data Archive
UC Santa Barbara.
"Everything you need to know about Trump's approval rating"
The Gallup Podcast, May 1, 2018.
C-SPAN's Historians Survey on Presidential Leadership
Methodology of Survey (C-SPAN)
"Stamina, intelligence, ego: which personality tests make the best leaders?"
The Guardian, August 10, 2019.
"The Legislative Process: Presidential Actions"
Congress.gov
Veto procedures and Summary of Bills Vetoed by President, 1789-present
U. S. Senate.
"US Presidents and Congress have long clashed over war powers"
History.com
War Powers Resolution Report
Library of Congress.
FDR Requests Congress to Declare War, December 8, 1941
The Miller Center.
"Just and Unjust Wars in the 21st Century"
Council on Foreign Relations, May 23, 2017.
"When do Presidents Exercise Unilateral Power?"
Georgetown Public Policy Review, November 16, 2018.
"Articles of Impeachment Against Donald J. Trump"
Congress. gov. December 18, 2019.
Senate Impeachment Trial, Day 7, Defense Opening Arguments fron RAY, Dershowitz and Cipollone
C-SPAN.
Bureaucracy Basics
PBS Crash Course.
Controlling Bureaucracies
PBS Crash Course.
"A Huge Attack: Critics Decry Trump Order That Makes Firing Federal Workers Easier"
NPR.org. October 31, 2020.
Structure of the Court System: Crash Course Government and Politics
Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges
Professor Scot Schraufnagel. Northern Illinois University.
"How Judges and Justices are chosen"
U. S. History.org.
"How Trump Compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges"
Pew Research, July15, 2020.
"Frontline: How McConnell's bid to reshape the federal judiciary extends beyond the Supreme Court"
pbs.org. October 16, 2020.
Diversity in US Federal Judiciary Map
American Constitution Law Society.
"What is Court Packing?"
Rutgers Law.
"Washington Examiner/YouGov Poll: By 47% to 34% voters oppose court packing"
YouGov. October 7, 2020.
"Republicans have already packed the Supreme Court. Unpack it by making it bigger."
USA Today, October 29, 2020.