Presidential Terms Of Office

Author : Alexander Baturo,Robert Elgie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192574343

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The Politics of Presidential Term Limits by Alexander Baturo,Robert Elgie Pdf

Presidential term limits restrict the maximum length of time that presidents can serve in office. They stipulate the length of term the presidents can serve between elections and the number of terms that presidents are permitted to serve. While comparative scholarship has long studied important institutions such presidentialism vs. parliamentarism and the effects of different electoral systems, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the role and effects of presidential term limits. Yet presidential term limits and term lengths are one of the most fundamental institutions of democracy. By ensuring compulsory rotation in office, they are at the heart of a democratic dilemma. What is the appropriate trade-off between allowing the unrestricted selection of candidates at presidential elections vs. restricting selection procedures to prevent the possibility of dictatorial takeover by presidents who are unwilling to step down? In the context of a long and on-going history of changes to presidential term limits and the many and varied ways in which term limits have been both applied and avoided, this book explains the factors behind the introduction, stability, abolition, and avoidance of presidential term limits, as well as the consequences of changes to presidential term limits, and it does so in the context of non-democracies, third-wave countries, and consolidated democracies. It includes comparative, theoretical, and practitioner-oriented chapters, as well as detailed country case studies of presidential term limits across the world and over time.

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101050870540

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Constitution by United States Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on S. J. Res. 1, 10, 12, 21, and 82
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Constitutional amendments
ISBN : LOC:00121834996

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Term of President of the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary,United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on S. J. Res. 1, 10, 12, 21, and 82 Pdf

Author : Genevieve M. Kehoe
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781623491260

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Presidents and Terminal Logic Behavior by Genevieve M. Kehoe Pdf

Presidents of nations with constitutionally imposed term limits are often viewed as growing weaker as they approach the end of their time in office. However, in this important new study, political scientist Genevieve M. Kehoe argues that because such chief executives are free from reelection constraint and often still enthusiastic to create a legacy by pursuing bold projects, they may accomplish significant initiatives. Kehoe has developed a concept for this which she calls “Terminal Logic Behavior” (TLB). Presidents and Terminal Logic Behavior: Term Limits and Executive Action in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina provides both case studies and quantitative evidence to show how US presidents of the last three decades have utilized decrees on foreign, domestic, and environment policy during their final months in office. She finds a systematic pattern of decree use consistent with the mark of TLB in a most unexpected place—presidents’ use of national emergency powers. In a careful comparative analysis, she also finds support for her argument in the Argentinean and Brazilian experience of the same period.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Presidents
ISBN : MINN:31951D02120552H

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Presidential Terms of Office by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments Pdf

Considers S.J. Res. 11, to repeal the 22d Amendment to the Constitution limiting the number of elected Presidential terms an individual may serve to two.

Author : Martin B. Gold
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498562676

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The Twenty-Second Amendment and the Limits of Presidential Tenure by Martin B. Gold Pdf

For nearly a century and a half, Americans lived by a powerful tradition in which no President served more than two terms. Then came Franklin Delano Roosevelt, restricted by custom but not by law, who won a third term in 1940 and a fourth in 1944. Believing that the broken norm would be breached again, the Republican-controlled eightieth Congress acted to restore it, passing a constitutional change in 1947 to formalize an absolute limit on presidential tenure. Ratified in 1951, the Twenty-second Amendment created a lame-duck out of every two-term incumbent since Truman and has had an enormous effect on the institution of the Presidency, public policy, and national politics. Critics believe the Amendment diminishes the presidential office; however, Martin B. Gold contends it serves to maintain checks and balances central to the American Constitution while examining Presidents and term limits, from the spirited debates in the Constitution Convention, the role of custom in an unwritten Constitution, and the Twenty-second Amendment itself.

Author : David A. Yalof
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700635108

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George Washington and the Two-Term Precedent by David A. Yalof Pdf

One of the earliest and most consequential presidential decisions in American history was George Washington’s choice to step down after two terms in office, despite the fact that he would almost certainly have won a third term had he chosen to run. The example he intended to set—and the circumstances he faced at the time—tell a more complicated story of the true motives behind his decision to retire and the impact his decision had on his successors and the nation. In George Washington and the Two-Term Precedent, David A. Yalof examines how this decision set a pattern that would be followed by presidents for more than a century until FDR began serving a third term in 1941. While often portrayed simply as a noble decision by Washington to restrain the power of the executive office, Washington’s decision was in fact motivated by self-interest and a desire to cement a legacy of honor and integrity. Yalof shows that he was never motivated by the desire to reign in the executive with an unwritten two-term limit. If anything, Washington hoped to strengthen the executive branch by demonstrating that the institution of the presidency could be trusted with the power and independence than it had so far received. His voluntary relinquishment of the presidency after two terms in office achieved these goals. Yalof focuses on the two-term precedent and how it came into being not by legal prescription but by the tacit influence of Washington’s refusal to run for a third term and what it suggests about American conceptions of executive power. George Washington and the Two-Term Precedent offers a sober reminder that the country’s most famous and original hero chose to walk away from power, and it was that decision that cemented his greatness in American history.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Aliens
ISBN : LCCN:45037707

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Term of President of the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : D. Franklin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137408242

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Pitiful Giants by D. Franklin Pdf

Five presidents (Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama) have been elected to and served a second term. Seemingly free from electoral pressure, each president has taken a unique approach to their second term, and the book seeks to unpack the rationale behind their decisions and actions in their final years of power.

Author : Charlotte Heyl,Mariana Llanos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000820195

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Contested, Violated but Persistent by Charlotte Heyl,Mariana Llanos Pdf

Presidential term limits have been a crucial institutional feature of the third wave of democratization. They are meant to safeguard democracy by promoting alternation in office and preventing the personalization of power. However, since the 1990s term limits have been subject to frequent contestation by incumbents. Such contestation process has often been considered a sign of autocratization, particularly when it involves the weakening of other constitutional constraints, such as courts and legislatures. Term-limit contestations have attracted the attention of scholars working with a global perspective as well as with a regional or country-specific one too. Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa are focal points of these trends, despite their different histories of presidentialism and diverging types of term-limit rules. This book generates new empirical and theoretical insights by bringing together the scholarship on Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, providing context-bound intraregional research as well as long-term perspectives for the study of term-limit change. The chapters advance novel findings on institutionalization, the power of precedence, incumbent-centred strategies, and approaches to protect presidential term limits. This volume will be of great use to students and researchers interested in Latin American and African studies, comparative politics as well as political leadership. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Andrew Wroe
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748631490

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Assessing the George W. Bush Presidency by Andrew Wroe Pdf

This unique assessment of the presidency of George W. Bush reviews the successes and failures of his first and second terms.

Author : Richard A. Clarke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847375889

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Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke Pdf

Richard Clarke has been one of America's foremost experts on counterterrorism measures for more than two decades. He has served under four presidents from both parties, beginning in Ronald Reagan's State Department becoming America's first Counter-terrorism Czar under Bill Clinton and remaining for the first two years of George W. Bush's administration. He has seen every piece of intelligence on Al-Qaeda from the beginning; he was in the Situation Room on September 11th and he knows exactly what has taken place under the United State's new Department of Homeland Security. Through gripping, thriller-like scenes, he tells the full story for the first time and explains what the Bush Administration are doing.

Author : Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1738998479

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American Government 3e by Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz Pdf

Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.

Author : Forrest McDonald
Publisher : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015007033122

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The Presidency of George Washington by Forrest McDonald Pdf

'One of the most imaginative and suggestive works on the Washington years. McDonald has demonstrated in this work that presidential history can still be lively and compelling.'

Author : Justine Rubinstein
Publisher : Mason Crest Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 1422242382

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The Presidency by Justine Rubinstein Pdf

Few public offices are as storied as the U.S. presidency. From its inception in the 18th century and the first president, George Washington, through the turbulence of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's masterful statesmanship, to twentieth-century leaders who steered America onto the world stage, the president is responsible for communicating the national mission. It is a job with great power that comes with many challenges. The president may be called upon to manage international crises, implement new policies, and forge alliances across the political spectrum. This book takes you inside the office of the presidency. Learn the ways the president's power is limited by the Constitution. Find out more about the history of the office and the evolution of rituals such as the inauguration. Take a tour of the Oval Office--the heart of the White House, where the president conducts business. Discover the requirements for becoming president and how presidential elections work. Key terms and educational videos will help improve your understanding of this highest office in the land.