Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think we should risk turning over the leadership and security of this free world of ours to a man...with literally no experience in foreign affairs," the vice president added...
With a Republican president battling a Democratic Congress for another four years over foreign policy, it is likely that the legislature will not be satisfied with a court decision that reduces its power based only on a technicality. The Congress will likely press for a more accurate definition of the powers of the branches. And if the case is forced, the president will probably...
President Reagan, during his eight years in office, has appointed a huge number of conservative judges to the federal bench. Conservative judges on the district and appellate levels will likely support the executive in cases on foreign policy power. Likewise the Supreme Court, which will make the final decision. With three conservative Reagan appointees, the Court may already favor the presidential arguments over the congressional, and if a President Bush gets to appoint another conservative justice, it most certainly will...
...Court should not have to make such a decision. The power distribution in foreign policy is necessarily vague, due to the ever-changing nature of the world situation. There is nothing wrong with the president and Congress struggling between themselves over this issue--this provides a built-in check on the system that prevents either from consolidating too much power. Given the problems inherent in the choice between Congress and the president, the nation would be better off if the courts continue to avoid delivering a verdict...
Forty-nine percent agreed that Dukakis "seems too liberal in his views to get my vote," a number that has remained more or less stable in the poll since August. Sixty-nine percent said Dukakis lacked enough foreign policy experience, down from 75 percent in August but still high...