Presidential Power

JUN 11, 202051 MIN
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Presidential Power

JUN 11, 202051 MIN

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What can and can't the president do, and how do we know? When the framers of the U.S. constitution left vague the powers of the executive branch they opened the door to every president to decide how much power they could claim. This week, how the office of the presidency became more powerful than anything the Founding Fathers imagined possible.

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