When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.
More like it was put in place to stop people like Lincoln and FDR. The founders were economic elites, whether slaveowners or rich capitalists, and they were afraid that “the mob” would elect someone who would persue the material interests of the common people, against them, especially in regards to slavery.
More like it was put in place to stop people like Lincoln and FDR. The founders were economic elites, whether slaveowners or rich capitalists, and they were afraid that “the mob” would elect someone who would persue the material interests of the common people, against them, especially in regards to slavery.