Jimmy Carter Case Study

Jimmy Carter was one of the most commonly known U.S presidents, and like all presidents, Jimmy Carter exemplified the roles as the overseeing leader. One as being chief executive, President Carter executed the Executive Order 11803 in 1977. The order reviewed all cases where military duty was abandoned, and it was extremely crucial as it was the Vietnam War crisis at the time. In addition, President Carter thought returning the Panama Canal to Panama would improve their relationship with Latin America. Opposing sides argued the “Yours is yours” bit, and Carter proposed the legislation to the Senate on April 1978 and it hardly passed. Together Carter and Panamanian chief of government, Omar Torrijos, signed the Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty. Under this agreement, America would relinquish control of the canal by 2000 and guaranteed neutrality. Another example was the Airline Deregulation Act where it was signed into law on October 28, 1978. Before this piece of legislation was passed, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) regulated everything from fares to schedules and all domestic air transport. In Congress, it became a popular belief that the CAB was halting growth and carrying out inefficient practices. Jimmy Carter proposed this legislation in aim of removing government control and opening …show more content…
They took American hostage. As commander in chief, President Carter immediately asked his military advisors to scale a rescue mission to recover the hostages. On April 24th, 1980 a new elite counter-terror group called "Delta Force" launched a mission to rescue the hostages under orders of President Carter. The mission failed, and the damages were costly all around. As commander in chief, President Carter was held responsible for the failure of the mission. It was one event that caused the halt of his