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Editor Michael Nelson carefully crafts a headnote for each selection to place it in historical context and convey the document's significance during its own time as well as its lasting effects on the office of the presidency. This edition offers eight all-new selections including James Madison's Notes of the Federal Convention, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order on Japanese-American Internment, and Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address.?
New to this edition: Eight all new selections:
- James Madison's Notes of the Federal Convention
- Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress in Special Session
- Lord James Bryce, "Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents"
- Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order on Japanese-American Internment
- The Truman Doctrine
- Lyndon B. Johnson's "Equality of Result" Address
- National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Channing et al.
- Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address
Zusammenfassung This is a collection of documents-from speeches and debates to letters and landmark Supreme Court decisions-that demonstrate how the presidency is shaped through both word and deed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: A User's Guide to The Evolving PresidencyTopical Guide to the DocumentsChapter 1: James Madison's Notes of the Federal Convention (1787)Chapter 2: The Constitution (1787)Chapter 3: Anti-Federalist Essays: George Mason's Objections to This Constitution of Government and Cato's Letter No. 4 (1787)Chapter 4: The Federalist Papers, Nos. 69-73 (1788)Chapter 5: George Washington's First Inaugural Address (1789)Chapter 6: James Madison's Defense of the President's Removal Power (1789)Chapter 7: The Pacificus-Helvidius Letters (1793)Chapter 8: George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)Chapter 9: Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)Chapter 10: Thomas Jefferson's Letter to the Vermont Legislature (1807)Chapter 11: The Monroe Doctrine (1823)Chapter 12: The Tennessee General Assembly's Protest against the Caucus System (1823)Chapter 13: Andrew Jackson's First Message to Congress (1829)Chapter 14: Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill (1832)Chapter 15: Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress in Special Session (1861)Chapter 16: Abraham Lincoln's Letter to Albert G. Hodges (1864)Chapter 17: The Gettysburg Address (1863)Chapter 18: Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)Chapter 19: Ex parte Milligan (1866)Chapter 20: Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868)Chapter 21: The Pendleton Act (1883)Chapter 22: Lord James Bryce, Why Great Men Are Not Chosen President (1888)Chapter 23: Theodore Roosevelt's and William Howard Taft's Theories of Presidential Power (1913, 1916)Chapter 24: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918)Chapter 25: Myers v. United States (1926)Chapter 2...
