Essay About Presidential Term And Presidential War

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In chapter 2, the author has discussed many proposals. First, establish a new six year, one
time presidential term with the option for the president to seek two additional years. Second,
limit some presidential war-making powers. Third, give a president a line-item veto. Fourth,
allow candidates in the United States run for President and Vice-President of after 20 years of
residence.
According to Sabato, presidents make it clear that in their view they have full authority to
make a war whether congress agreed or not, and they reserved the right to move forward in the
case of a contrary decision by the legislative branch. He believes presidency has become the
premier branch of government, even though it is listed second in the constitution. Second,
American now openly complain about the permanent campaign that consumes far too much of
the presidents time in office. Many wonder whether the young Republic could survive because
of the powerless executive. The framers believed they created enough checks and balances to
keep the president from becoming dictator. In the twentieth century, it completely changed. The
Presidents expanded their powers to handle situation, such as the Great depression, World War I,
Korean War, The Cold War, Vietnam War, 9/11 and the War on Terrorism. There are two
questions the author stated: Have we structured the presidency properly so that occupant of the
highest can accomplished the greatest good in the least time? Or is the modern presidency too
hampered by political machinations and a lack of support in the congress and the courts to work
as well as it should?
He stated, between the years of 1820s more states yielded to the public election method.
Presidential reelection is far to consuming. Because of this most presidential candidates
announce their white house bid the following November election. He believe the structure of
todays system guarantees full-fledged campaign for at least half of the presidents four year
term. Unfortunately this is a serious drain on a presidents time, which will also cause the
president to make policy choices less for the government and more for personal interest.
However, if there was a third term for a president it would ensure them to make wise decision for
the nation and not worry about reelection. Roosevelt would have been the first president to
secure a third term and serve almost twelve years, but he died unexpectedly. In 1951, the
Republican adopted the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, which opposed a third
term and fourth term in office.
In a presidential confirmation election, the author has proposed in extension election.
This would be a yes or no referendum from the American people on the president. The author
believes the advantage of this is very clear. First, the new president is given an addition year to
produce the achievement before the voters decision on the fifth confirmation. This will ensure
that the president will focus on setting a positive agenda. Second, in the event of a confirmation
rejection, the campaign to succeed the president would necessarily be eliminated to a single year.
Finally, the president will not need renomination from his party.
According to the author, the legislative branch should be given constitutional
opportunities to reclaim its greatly diminished role, in search of a better balance of wars between
the president and congress. The lack of will of congress is a dilemma. There should be a limit in
presidential war-making to ninety days. This will ensure that presidents will not declare war.
The new constitution should include the line-item veto to the presidential