Discuss the increase and decrease of presidential powers. Define "Imperial Presidency" and give two examples of presidents who increased presidential power. What is an advantage and disadvantage of increasing presidential power

A

It was historian Arthur M. Schlesinger who made the term ‘imperial presidency' popular. He used it to describe the evolution of the ‘modern day president’.

Imperial Presidency refers to the exercise by the presidency of United States, more powers than the constitution allows.

Schlesinger contended that the expansion and abuses of the presidential office were so profound by 1972, that it made of no relevance of effect the traditional checks and balances of the constitutional system.

This let him to conclude that the imperial presidency emerged due to the aggregation of presidential ‘war powers’ that were primarily acquired in response to America’s participation in twentieth century wars.      

B

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, and was at that time regard as the epitome of an Imperial Presidency.  

In recent times it's been alluded that under  the Obama era,  "stonewalling" from Congress "provoked the Obama administration into finding innovative ways to exercise power," thus making Obama "one of the most powerful presidents ever.                      

In politics, stonewalling is used to decline answering or commenting on certain questions about policy and issues, especially if the committee or politician in question is under investigation.

C

One clear merit to the political condition of Presidential Imperialism is that, it allows the office of the president to carry out the responsibility to conduct ongoing wars and ongoing foreign relations, and to respond to sudden attacks if Congress were not in session. As the United States became a great world power and then a superpower, the presidency acquired more war powers despite the Constitution.    

One clear demerit of the idea of Presidential Imperialism is  the potential to abuse power.

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both the house and senate must approve the conference report.   after it is approved by both on an identical from, it will be sent to the president.   if the president approves it, it will become law.

marginal cost is a microeconomic measure that us to evaluate the extent to which the level of production of a good is sustainable in accounting, that is, to how many quantities the company plans to profit from the production of the good.

the concept of marginal cost is simple, it means the cost of producing one more item. for example, in the case of pies, the marginal cost is the cost of producing one more pie than those that have already been produced.

it is important to understand that productive activity influences marginal cost. the marginal cost of some goods can be very high, while others may be insignificant. for example, the marginal cost of producing an extra plane is very high. already the marginal cost of a water company to provide 1l more water is derisory.

in the case of pies, the cost involves the inputs, the labor and the fixed cost, which involves the fixed space of the bakery. the level of production initially has the marginal cost decreasing because there is space and manpower available. however, to produce more you have to hire more workers and buy more inputs. if physical space is limited, workers will conflict with places, inputs and their productivity will decrease, meaning there is an optimum point of production for each level of space and manpower. from this point on, the productivity of the workers will be getting smaller because of lack of space, so that the marginal cost of producing one more pie will be increasing. so, although you have not posted the chart, but if you have the answer, you can see that my explanation goes according to the marginal cost curve that will increase from the 4th pie, answer (c).