Trump’s Power and the Rule of Law

ASSIGMENT 1

“Trump’s Power and the Rule of Law”

Based on the video –

, answer all of the following questions.

Answers should be three-four sentences.

1. What is Trump signing in the first part of the video? Why is this significant?

2. What is Richard Nixon’s response to the question: “Can the president do something that’s illegal”? What is his reasoning and what does it imply?

3. In what ways did the presidency weaken after the Nixon Administration? Why and how did it become strong again?

4. What metaphor does John Yoo use to describe the post-Watergate presidency? What is unitary executive theory. What do you think of it?

5. What is the reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump vs. United States (2024)? In what ways was the ruling “hugely consequential” for Trump?

6. According to the video, in what ways has Trump consolidated his power after winning office for a second time?

7. Why, according to the video, has Congress failed to check and balance Trump? Why, according to the video, have the courts failed to check and balance Trump?

8. Who do you think was the most interesting person interviewed in the video? Why?/, answer all of the following questions. Answers should be three-four sentences.

1. What is Trump signing in the first part of the video? Why is this significant?

2. What is Richard Nixon’s response to the question: “Can the president do something that’s illegal”? What is his reasoning and what does it imply?

3. In what ways did the presidency weaken after the Nixon Administration? Why and how did it become strong again?

4. What metaphor does John Yoo use to describe the post-Watergate presidency? What is unitary executive theory. What do you think of it?

5. What is the reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump vs. United States (2024)? In what ways was the ruling “hugely consequential” for Trump?

6. According to the video, in what ways has Trump consolidated his power after winning office for a second time?

7. Why, according to the video, has Congress failed to check and balance Trump? Why, according to the video, have the courts failed to check and balance Trump?

8. Who do you think was the most interesting person interviewed in the video? Why?/, answer all of the following questions. Answers should be three-four sentences.

1. What is Trump signing in the first part of the video? Why is this significant?

2. What is Richard Nixon’s response to the question: “Can the president do something that’s illegal”? What is his reasoning and what does it imply?

3. In what ways did the presidency weaken after the Nixon Administration? Why and how did it become strong again?

4. What metaphor does John Yoo use to describe the post-Watergate presidency? What is unitary executive theory. What do you think of it?

5. What is the reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump vs. United States (2024)? In what ways was the ruling “hugely consequential” for Trump?

6. According to the video, in what ways has Trump consolidated his power after winning office for a second time?

7. Why, according to the video, has Congress failed to check and balance Trump? Why, according to the video, have the courts failed to check and balance Trump?

8. Who do you think was the most interesting person interviewed in the video? Why?

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