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The cover story is provided which discusses the challenges of the U.S. presidency from the 19th century through the early 21st century, including in regard to the president's role in emergency response to disasters and the tenure of U.S. presidents Donald Trump and Lyndon B. Johnson. Presidential power, including American attitudes towards executive power in 1938 and executive-Congress relations, is discussed.

The article explores the history of U.S. presidential pardons. Emphasis is given to the pardoning of former U.S. president Richard Nixon by president Gerald R. Ford following the Watergate scandal, amnesty from president Andrew Johnson for former Confederate soldiers following the U.S. Civil War, and the pardoning of U.S. Army Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper by president Bill Clinton.

The article discusses the executive power of the U.S. president throughout U.S. history from its founding through the mid 2010s, with a particular focus on presidents' efforts to use executive authority to override the U.S. Congress and U.S. courts. U.S. presidents' use of federal agencies to override Congress, including in regard to the U.S. Constitution and environmental administrative rules issued by U.S. government agencies and through referencing professor Philip Hamburger, is discussed.

The article discusses how U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations could be heard by the Supreme Court. Particular attention is given to Trump's Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch as the potential deciding vote on the issue.

The article discusses the uprising known as the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania during the 1790s. It examines the U.S. government's installation of a federal excise tax on whiskey and the support of it by then-U.S. secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton, whiskey distillers in western Pennsylvania, and the actions of then-U.S. president George Washington in squelching the rebellion by organizing federal troops. It discusses the powers of the U.S. president under the U.S. Constitution. INSET: Cooler Heads.

The article discusses the use of U.S. troops to end an 1877 railroad workers' strike. According to the author, U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes' intervention created important policy precedents for the use of executive orders which would expand the accepted limits of the executive branch's power. Details on strikes and unrest in Saint Louis, Missouri, Chicago, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are presented.

The front cover of the January 23, 2017 issue of the journal is presented which addresses the transfer of power from U.S. President Barack Obama to incoming American President Donald Trump, and it provides a table of contents which mentions stories about Russian espionage and Brazilian prison riots.

The article discusses the role that aristocrat Gouverneur Morris played at the 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Particular focus is given to Morris' beliefs that the U.S. government should have a powerful executive in the office of presidency. An overview of Morris' beliefs that popular elections should determine the U.S. president and that U.S. presidents should be able to serve more than one term in office is also presented.

The article presents an examination into the history and development of the office of Vice President within U.S. politics. Details are given outlining the initial powers and responsibilities assigned to the role within the U.S. Constitution. Further commentary is given highlighting the disdain held for the office within political history until the mid-20th century. Ways in which late 20th- and early 21st-century politics changed the office's prestige and powers are then analyzed.

The article presents an extensive discussion of the administration of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, highlighting his use of publicity, political power, and force of personality to accomplish his goals. The author outlines how Roosevelt pioneered the use of "spin" in the political culture of the nation and in strengthening the executive power of the presidency. Accounts are also given describing the opponents of Roosevelt's means of politics.

The article discusses the U.S. presidency and foreign relations, focusing on the role of John F. Kennedy in expanding executive power. The author examines the Cold War and Kennedy's efforts to combat communism, exploring the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 and the decision to increase U.S. military advisers in Vietnam. Other topics include U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War, U.S. President Richard Nixon's relations with China and Vietnam, and the Watergate scandal. The foreign policy of U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama are also explored.

The article considers the U.S. Presidential pardon, a power granted by article II of the U.S. Constitution and based upon a precedent in Great Britain's codes of law. A discussion of pardons issued by U.S. Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush is presented. The author considers the political and ethical aspects of pardons.

The article presents a brief history of U.S. presidential power and executive orders in the wake of America President Barack Obama's decision to take executive action to combat gun violence as of January 4, 2016, and it mentions military desegregation in 1948 and the emancipation of slaves in 1863.

The author offers comments on the economic and political conditions in the U.S. He rebukes the attempt of several groups of people to discourage the spirit of enterprise by attacking the New Deal initiative. He questions the move of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to expand the powers and responsibilities of the Chief Executive especially on the New Deal program. He also reveals that contrary to beliefs, government officials' salaries are higher than corporate executives.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses an article in the journal concerning former U.S. vice president and Indiana native Thomas R. Marshall, particularly the relationship he had with former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson and Marshall's position and powers following a stroke Wilson suffered.