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No Watchman in the Night: How Presidential and Congressional Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic Undermine the Hamiltonian–Madisonian Model of Accountability

Abstract The federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic raises questions about accountability for a president who fails to competently perform central duties of the office. This paper considers the following questions: (1) Does President Trump’s response to the pandemic demonstrate a failure to perform central duties of the presidential office that, even if not impeachable, requires accountability? (2) If so, what does accountability mean in this context, and has Trump in fact been held to account by Congress? and (3) If Trump has not been held to account, what does that suggest for the U.S. constitutional system and in particular the principle of presidential accountability as contemplated by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison?