Presidential PowersNYU Press, 01/02/2005 - 279 páginas Framed in Article II of the Constitution, presidential powers are dictated today by judicial as well as historical precedent. To understand the ways the president wields power as well as how this power is kept in check by other branches of government, Harold J. Krent presents three overlapping determinants of the president's role under the Constitution-the need for presidential initiative in administering the law and providing foreign policy leadership, the importance of maintaining congressional control over policymaking, and the imperative to ensure that the president be accountable to the public. |
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... executive powers of a monarch but also intended the executive to be a counterweight to legislative powers that many believed had expanded dangerously in the years following the Revolutionary War.2 The lack of an executive branch helped ...
... executive” power in a single executive. Moreover, the public seemingly has welcomed presidential initiative throughout much of our nation's history. Presidential Accountability to Congressional Policymaking At the same time, however ...
... executive. Instead, a twelve-person council elected for threeyear terms appointed certain officers and granted pardons. The state's Constitution restricted the council to one clerical employee. Executive authority was vested in the ...
... executive accountability to congressional policymaking. Yet the government remained hard-pressed to keep the nation solvent, let alone protect American shipping overseas. Other inefficiencies plagued Congress. Most notably, the Articles ...
... executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America,”25 although the significance and extent of that grant was unclear. Many have argued that the Vesting Clause itself represents a substantial grant of executive ...
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2 The Executives Power over Foreign Affairs | 85 |
3 The Protective Power of the President | 133 |
4 Presidential Immunities and Priviledges | 161 |
5 The Pardon Power | 189 |
Conclusion | 215 |
Notes | 219 |
Bibliography | 261 |
Index | 269 |