Perspectives
Political Cartoons on Presidential Power
This cartoon explains executive privilege, in which a president withholds information from Congress and using his authority as justification for doing so.
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A cartoon centered around President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his proposal to "pack" the courts. Essentially, in order to secure a job in the Supreme Court, one must be a proponent of all of Roosevelt's legislation.
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With his involvement in releasing prisoners of war without Congress' consent, President Barack Obama is exaggeratingly depicted in this cartoon as a dominant force overexerting his authority as president.
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This cartoon portrays Congress as an intimidated, pint-sized man, suggesting its helplessness in the case of the executive branch.
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President Obama is again subjected to vilification in this cartoon for supposedly abusing his executive power, imposing "laws" by executive fiat to get it through Congress and skirting laws that he disagrees with.
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