Roshan Varghese, History, Butler HS
Synopsis
A series of powerful men and women have helped shape history by using their power and influence to rule over various groups of people, to conquer and control vast lands, and to create and sustain powerful empires and nations. In the case of the United States of America, that power base has often been consolidated through the role of the presidency, even despite the constitutional frameworks of checks and balances, limited government and checks and separation of powers. Despite what it has evolved in the aftermath of World War II, the Founding Fathers had always intended for the executive leadership to work hand-in-hand with the legislative and judicial branches for the betterment of the American people. The American form of the presidency was a derivative of the system created by Great Britain with its position of prime minister. Since its founding, the role of the prime minister has been added to, subtracted from, minimized, maximized and evolved from humble beginnings to what observers now see as, greater, in terms of both importance and projection, than the reigning monarch of the British Empire. Since the writing of the Magna Carta in the 13th Century, the monarchy has seen its influence increase and diminish based on the charismatic and tenacious desire of the respective monarch and the particular domestic and/or foreign challenge (i.e. war, economic hardship, etc.) facing Great Britain.
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