
Polarization and the Executive Branch Webinar
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What Are the Causes of the Unilateral Executive Action?
The modern presidency was really born out of three great crises. The rise of broadcast media gave the president ao a bully pulpit, allowing him toto go over the heads of congress. With electronic communications, the president becomes like the central character of our national drama. When there is something that may not even call for a particular presidential response, you knowi all eyes turn to the president. That tends to the vast amount of responsibility the public expects and invests in the president.
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