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The Presidency Influence

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Reasons why the Role and Influence of the Presidency has Increased in the Political History of the U.S.A Introduction The 21st century has greatly changed the institution of presidency than the one created during the 1700’s. During the early years, certain constitution provisions limited the presidency (Feldman, 2006). Since the inception of the constitution until the 1930’s, the congress was the most powerful branch of the government. Throughout the following decades of the 20th century, there has been a dramatic shift of power where the executive holds the same powers as the legislative branch. This paper aims at evaluating why the role and influence of the presidency has increased in the political history of the U.S.A. Discussion The constitution of the U.S was drafted by individuals opposed to an all powerful head of state. The founding fathers held the presidency as an office which required great honor and dignity, but which needed little real power. The colonialists believed in a parliamentary system of government but did not favor the idea that all powers should rest in only one body (Finkelman, 2015). This made them provide three separate bodies such as the legislative, executive and judicial when designing the constitution. According to …show more content…

However, the powers and responsibilities of the presidency have changed a lot. Currently, the president is the leader of the country, a title that is denoted by his name. His actions and words have the power to affect the U.S and the whole world (Feldman, 2006). In the early days, presidents would carry on their duties with little assistance from a small office. The first president of the U.S, George Washington performed presidency duties with the help of two clerks, a secretary and several messengers. Currently, the office of the presidency requires about 1500 staff to help in running the daily

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