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- united states - Is there a legal way for US presidents to extend their . . .
Question summary title edited after this answer was posted: Is there a legal way for US presidents to extend their terms beyond two terms of four years? Detail: Is it (under current law) actually possible for the US president to stay in office longer than the usual two terms of four years by using some legal tricks? Same answer
- united states - Who was the last US President to oversee a reduction in . . .
As of 2012, the United States currently has ~16 trillion in debt The last five presidents have all added to the overall debt* Who is the last US president to decrease the total amount of deb
- united states - Are There U. S. Laws or Presidential Actions That Cannot . . .
In U S history, presidents have often enacted laws or established policies that were intended to have long-term effects, sometimes beyond their own term in office However, it seems that successor
- united states - What is the proper title for a former U. S. President . . .
Emeritus presidents may be called by whatever respectable and applicable title one prefers Washington's precedent suggests that simply "Mr " may be the most acceptable form of address for a former president of the first nation in modern times to accept government by the people, for the people, without nobility, monarchy or oligarchy
- united states - Why have US Presidents not been given the power of line . . .
I also read on Wikipedia that other Presidents, both Democrat and Republican have asked for the same thing Presidents of the United States have repeatedly asked the Congress to give them a line-item veto power
- united states - Can the US president legally kill at will? - Politics . . .
United States (2024) that Presidents enjoy absolute immunity for their exclusive powers and presumptive immunity for their remaining official acts, I have seen it claimed by many that the president could kill people, e g assassinate a political rival using the forces at his disposal, and be immune to subsequent prosecution
- united states - Why dont US presidents run in other elections after . . .
This can be interpreted as a tradition of seeing former United States presidents as elder statesmen There is so much veneration for the office that the appropriate role of former presidents is considered to be above politics See the definitions of these two key terms in Safire's Political Dictionary for elaboration
- united states - Is it true that the US has stepped into foreign . . .
I recently read about a strange trend: Since the start of the 20th century, the United States has stepped in or started conflicts involving the direct use of military force mainly under presidents
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