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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term.
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Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party's candidate, with a chance of becoming the first female president. But there was once another woman in the White House who came close to fulfilling this description - Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of America's wartime president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Due to her husband's disability, she ended up doing a lot of the exhausting travel that would otherwise have fallen to him. This became particularly important as the New Deal took shape - with its numerous programmes designed to pull America out of the Great Depression. Eleanor would often be on the road, crisscrossing the country and visiting New Deal projects to assess which ones worked and which fell short.
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originally posted by: Dandandat3
Joe Biden's situation regarding his failing health and the demanding work of the presidency is not unique.
Durring the presidency of Woodrow Wilson the president had a severe stroke and his first lady Edith Wilson ran the executive branch on his behalf.
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson’s second term.
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FDR's wife Eleanor Roosevelt filled a similar role when Roosevelt became too sickly to fulfill all of the duties of the presidency. Many people like to play that she was the first women president of the US.
Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party's candidate, with a chance of becoming the first female president. But there was once another woman in the White House who came close to fulfilling this description - Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of America's wartime president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Due to her husband's disability, she ended up doing a lot of the exhausting travel that would otherwise have fallen to him. This became particularly important as the New Deal took shape - with its numerous programmes designed to pull America out of the Great Depression. Eleanor would often be on the road, crisscrossing the country and visiting New Deal projects to assess which ones worked and which fell short.
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Eveyone is worried about a second Biden term after the last few months of dismal performance; but it may not be so bad, Jill Biden will be helping him run the country just as these two great historical figures did in their time.
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While the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling is a gift to Donald Trump, it raises open questions like exactly which parts of the federal election interference case are immune from prosecution. But one thing is clear: Justice Clarence Thomas is questioning the validity of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment in the first place.
“I write separately to highlight another way in which this prosecution may violate our constitutional structure,” Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion in the immunity case, Trump v. United States.
“In this case, the Attorney General purported to appoint a private citizen as Special Counsel to prosecute a former President on behalf of the United States,” Thomas continued, adding that he’s “not sure that any office for the Special Counsel has been ‘established by Law,’ as the Constitution requires.” Even if the special counsel has a valid office, Thomas wrote, “questions remain as to whether the Attorney General filled that office in compliance with the Appointments Clause.”