An All -Powerful Presidency? The Administrative Presidency in the First 100 Days

• In Event: Presidents, the Bureaucracy, and Policymaking

Brief Overview

The number of directives issued in the first 100 days reached 217 in 2025. This study analyzes if we are heading towards an all-powerful presidency by investigating the balance of interbranch and intrabranch power from Presidents Nixon to Trump 2.0.

Author

• Michelle H. Belco, University of Houston