In introducing and ultimately winning acceptance of his interpretation of presidential powers, Jackson liberated the chief executive from the position of prime minister responsible only to Congress. With Jackson, the chief executive no longer served simply as the head of a coordinate branch of the government; no longer was he restricted in his actions by what the Congress would allow him. Henceforth he could assert himself as the spokesman of all the people and by the skillful use of his powers force the legislature to follow his lead. This did not free him from the political necessity of
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