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Playing to the Political Base

By David Orentlicher on July 10, 2019
Posted in Donald Trump, Political base, President Trump, Presidential elections

While President Trump regularly shatters political norms, and playing to his base rather than appealing to a broader electorate seems to fit his unorthodox style, he in fact is not that different from his predecessors in remaining loyal to his core supporters.
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David Orentlicher is the Cobeaga Law Firm Professor of Law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. Nationally recognized for his expertise in constitutional law and health law, Dr. O has testified before Congress, had his scholarship cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, and has served on many national, state, and local commissions. He also served for six years in the Indiana legislature.

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For more than a century, U.S. Presidents have expanded their power well beyond the authority envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution. We now have what Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., described as an “imperial presidency.” From a non-partisan perspective, David Orentlicher writes extensively on the problem of the imperial presidency and what we can do to fix it.

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