President Trump and the Presidential Signing Statement: A First Look

16 September 2019, Version 1
This content is an early or alternative research output and has not been peer-reviewed at the time of posting.

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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