#founding-fathers

#founding-fathers

"Framers never intended the presidency to be a public office. It was meant to be more of a clerk role in charge of the executive office," says Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston. "There is no one moment where a switch flipped where the presidency became a public office. It happened gradually." This highlights the initial aim of the presidency as a limited role rather than the powerful position it has become.