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How Mandates Were Invented

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Episode • Jan 30, 2017 • 49m
The concept of a President earning a right to govern and direct the agenda on behalf of the People is, in historical terms, a new concept. No such concept is present in Constitution, nor does it appear, was imagined by Constitutional supporters or opponents. Instead it is the result of Andrew Jackson’s Presidency. A President that has […]
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