@article{2018:kolkmann:checks_,
title = {„Checks and balances“ unter Druck? Eine erste Einschätzung der Präsidentschaft Donald Trumps},
year = {2018},
note = {Since Donald Trump was elected president, the U. S. political system
of “checks and balances“ has been facing previously unknown
challenges. With no prior political experience, Trump over the last
two years has tried to roll back the legislative successes of his
predecessor Barack Obama and to implement his own political agenda.
This essay focuses on the abilities and restrictions of the office of
the U.S. president. During his first two years in office Trump could
rely on a “unified government“, i.e. on Republican majorities, in
the next two years he faces a “divided government“, since the
Republicans kept control of the U.S. Senate, while loosing their
majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Additionally, U.S.
politics are being dominated by an unprecedented political
polarization.},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {827--837},
author = {Kolkmann, Michael},
volume = {49},
number = {4}
}