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After watching the PBS documentary
Cheney’s Law
in class today, please answer the following questions in a three
(3) page typewritten paper.
What events during the Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush
administrations shaped Dick Cheney's views of executive
branch powers?
David Addington and Dick Cheney have worked together for
two decades and share similar views on executive power.
Explain these views.
What did Vice President Cheney hope to accomplish by
expanding presidential power after the Sept. 11 attacks?
What role did the Justice Department under Attorney General
John Ashcroft play in deterring the Bush administration's
policies on interrogation and intelligence gathering?
What is a signing statement? How does a signing statement
affect a congressional law? What effect does a signing
statement have on the checks and balances between Congress
and the executive branch?
In which areas discussed in the program (torture, domestic
wiretapping, redefining presidential authority and the use of
signing statements) do you feel the president and vice president
are justified in their actions? Why or why not?
After watching the PBS documentary Cheney’s Law in class today,

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After watching the PBS documentary Cheney’s Law in class today,

  • 1. After watching the PBS documentary Cheney’s Law in class today, please answer the following questions in a three (3) page typewritten paper. What events during the Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations shaped Dick Cheney's views of executive branch powers? David Addington and Dick Cheney have worked together for two decades and share similar views on executive power. Explain these views. What did Vice President Cheney hope to accomplish by expanding presidential power after the Sept. 11 attacks? What role did the Justice Department under Attorney General John Ashcroft play in deterring the Bush administration's policies on interrogation and intelligence gathering? What is a signing statement? How does a signing statement affect a congressional law? What effect does a signing statement have on the checks and balances between Congress and the executive branch? In which areas discussed in the program (torture, domestic wiretapping, redefining presidential authority and the use of signing statements) do you feel the president and vice president are justified in their actions? Why or why not?