President Trump and the Presidential Signing Statement: A First Look

Christopher Kelley

doi:10.33774/apsa-2019-38x34

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President Trump and the Presidential Signing Statement: A First Look

16 September 2019, Version 1

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Christopher Kelley

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Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to understand how President Trump has used the presidential signing statement by comparing his first two years with the first two years of the Reagan-Obama presidencies, and then look at any emerging trends in the signing statements he has issued.

Keywords

Presidency

Signing Statements

Unitary Executive

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