| Title: | Presidential Power |
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| Course Section Number: | FRT-101-05 |
| Department: | Freshman Tutorial |
| Description: | How Strong Should Our President Be? Teddy Roosevelt & Trump A brash and magnetic New York Republican bends our nation to his will. I'm not talking about President Donald Trump. I'm talking about President Theodore Roosevelt ("TR"). By capturing the media's attention and using it to push his own agenda, TR invented the modern presidency and made it powerful. TR used his power to protect workers and consumers from big business. TR vigorously protected our environment, shielding 230 million acres from development including treasures like the Grand Canyon. And TR protected career federal employees from being fired for political reasons. President Trump has pushed in the opposite direction on these and other issues, using his own leverage over the media. Because TR and Trump have wielded their strong presidential power in different ways, comparing them will permit us to debate very important questions we face today. Should one person have this much power? Should Congress, the media, the Supreme Court, and the state governments have more power to push back against the President? Or do we need a powerful President to lead our complex nation and fractured world? And what could we lose by giving one person this much power? |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 27, 2025 |
| End Date: | December 20, 2025 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/28/2025-12/18/2025 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Baxter Hall, Room 212
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| Faculty: | Himsel, Scott |
Course Status
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Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
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FRT-101-05
Presidential Power |
OPEN | Freshman Tutorial | 16 | 0 / 16 / 0 |