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Analytical Essay

Congress has constitutional, institutional, and political sources of power. Of these, the constitutionally delegated are arguably the strongest. In an essay, analyze the constitutional powers of the Congress and assess how Presidents in the 20th Century were able to use their institutional and political resources to challenge Congressional dominance of U.S. national politics. In your opinion, based on the evidence that you have presented, what is the likely future balance of power between Presidents and Congress? Why?

In an essay of 4 to 6 pages (1,000 to 1,500 words), please answer the prompt.  I expect you to write your essay based on the assigned readings, on class forums, and on lectures and other video materials presented on the web site. I do not expect you to supplement these sources with outside research. 

I also expect you to provide appropriate citations to your sources. If this is the text, you should use parenthetical endnoting with specific page references (e.g. Ginsberg, et. al. 2021: 41). If you are citing a lecture, you should provide the lecture number.  Videos should be named using the title from the web page.  Please cite forum posts by the author’s name and the date of the post.