Presidential Leadership and the Trump Presidency: Executive Power and Democratic Government

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This title brings together seven presidential politics scholars to address the Trump presidency and the current functioning of American democracy based on recent provocative research. These studies focus on several important topics, including presidential leadership theory and the Trump presidency, examining its mistruths, analyzing its record in the lower federal courts, probing its use of the pardon power, debating whether it requires an entirely new United States constitution to prevent future authoritarian threats, and assessing Trump's contribution to presidential power research. Taken together, these chapters represent a snapshot view of the early Trump presidency and its implications for US politics moving forward. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii On Studying the Trump Presidency (Charles M. Lamb, Jacob R. Neiheisel)....Pages 1-15 The Lies of Donald Trump: A Taxonomy (James P. Pfiffner)....Pages 17-40 Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Policies: The Risks of Executive Branch Lawmaking That Fails to “Take Care” (Nancy Kassop)....Pages 41-90 President Donald J. Trump and the Clemency Power: Is Claiming “Unfair” Treatment for Pardon Recipients the New “Fake News”? (Jeffrey Crouch)....Pages 91-120 How to Keep the Republic (Before It’s Too Late): Why a New Constitution Is Necessary to Strengthen Liberal Democracy in the United States (Chris Edelson)....Pages 121-149 Conclusion: The Five Rules of Trump (Robert J. Spitzer)....Pages 151-168 Epilogue: Donald Trump’s Contribution to Research on Presidential Power (Jacob R. Neiheisel)....Pages 169-178 Back Matter ....Pages 179-185