5-6 pages. 12 point font. IF ANY FORM OF PLAGIARISM IS FOUND, PAYMENT WILL NOT BE RELEASED! Pick one of the following topics to write on. Use any of the readings attached. 1. Do you agree with Wildavsky that America has two legitimate presidencies? Is presidential supremacy in the arena of foreign policy/national security a new phenomenon or did the Founders have these two presidencies in mind when they drafted the Constitution? Do you think that presidential supremacy is beneficial or harmful? Take a position on these questions and substantiate your argument using the relevant readings. 2. One theme that has emerged repeatedly over the last few weeks is the importance of crisis to the development and exercise of presidential power. Consider the role that crisis has played in the historical development of the presidency. Have the ways that presidents respond to crises permanently expanded the power of executive branch? If so, how? If not, how have presidents worked to meet crisis in ways that have not led to permanent change? 1

5-6 pages. 12 point font. Double spaced.
IF ANY FORM OF PLAGIARISM IS FOUND, PAYMENT WILL NOT BE RELEASED!

Pick one of the following topics to write on.
Use any of the readings attached.

1. Do you agree with Wildavsky that America has two legitimate presidencies? Is presidential
supremacy in the arena of foreign policy/national security a new phenomenon or did the Founders
have these two presidencies in mind when they drafted the Constitution? Do you think that presidential
supremacy is beneficial or harmful? Take a position on these questions and substantiate your
argument using the relevant readings.

2. One theme that has emerged repeatedly over the last few weeks is the importance of crisis to
the development and exercise of presidential power. Consider the role that crisis has played in the
historical development of the presidency. Have the ways that presidents respond to crises permanently
expanded the power of executive branch? If so, how? If not, how have presidents worked to meet
crisis in ways that have not led to permanent change?