A.P Gov Fed 70

  • Hamilton’s ideas

  • A good government needs an active and decisive executive

  • If the president is too weak, the government will be ineffective

  • We need a single president with sufficient powers and term-length, subject to the people

    1. Giving the executive power to a single person leads to better outcomes than a plural executive

  • Unitary executive

    1. Advantages

  • Its more effective and efficient

  • There won’t be any dispute

  • Congress needs to act slowly, but the executive needs to act quickly

  • The executive needs to act quickly, especially in times of war