Samuel Choi CHAPTER 12 OUTLINE: The Presidency Introduction Some people view the President as having too much power. The President can send troops without declaration of war. Johnson sending troops to Vietnam before the actual war. President Bush sending troops to Saudi Arabia. The President can control wages and prices. Nixon: Wage and Price controls of 1971 Roosevelt: Office of Price Administration The President can appoint officials FDR?s failed court packing plan Reagan + Carter: Appointed most federal judges, usually with similar ideology. U.S. presidency sometimes referred to as, ?imperial presidency? Others view the President as too weak. Compared to the power of prime ministers, the President has little power. Actions of the president are usually refuted by Congress.