Sentences with phrase «powers of the presidency»

Instead, it's full of expositional dialogue like «Kay, people are concerned about having a woman in charge of the paper» and «To risk her fortune and the company that's been her entire life, I think that's brave» and (my favorite) «Nixon will muster the full power of the presidency, and if there's a way to destroy you, by God, he'll find it!»

Endowed with the executive power of the presidency, Trump has contemptuously tried to undo much of the evolved integrity of U.S. and world governance, from civil rights enforcement to environmental regulation.

That measure reflected Republican complaints that Obama had overstepped the power of the presidency and needed to be checked by Congress.

The key phrase «high crimes and misdemeanors» has been defined by Congress through the years to include exceeding or abusing the powers of the presidency or misusing the office for improper purpose or gain.

King would have viewed this legislation as one of the decrepit consequences of unchecked late capitalism: a wealthy, charlatan president who leverages anti-black racism and fear in order to exploit the power of the presidency for personal gain.

It's 100 percent true that everything Fahrenthold and others have uncovered about the Trump Foundation suggests that Trump will use the powers of the presidency to benefit his businesses.

The 2007 Surge was both unpopular and costly, but President Bush kept it going by force of will and the powers of the presidency (and a Republican congressional minority, which prevented defunding of the war).

Obviously, this was a naïve perspective in that it overestimated the power of the presidency and underestimated the root causes of abortion, which would certainly contribute to continued abortions even after the practice was technically made illegal.

In any event, the powers of the presidency remain largely ceremonial and, from that perspective at least, little is likely to change.

whatever we as individuals may feel about the President or executive order, the President's decision was well within the powers of the presidency.

His Twitter posts have carried with them the threat, sometimes explicit, that he is prepared to use the power of the presidency to undermine the companies that anger him.

Just a joke about the power of the presidency.

Bill Clinton continued to exercise the powers of the presidency between his impeachment and his acquittal.

I have heard that George W. Bush tried to alter the power of the presidency by using a theory that had never been implemented.

In the meantime, Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) is charged with the powers of the presidency and must coordinate a response along with the Pentagon and Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs (Angela Bassett).

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he put the power of his presidency behind a remarkable series of reform initiatives.