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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... Appropriations Power 2 The Executive's Power over Foreign Affairs A. The Treaty Power 91 B. War Powers C. The Role of Judicial Oversight 3 The Protective Power of the President 133 A. Exercise of War-Type Power in the Face of Domestic ...
... appropriated by Congress. Understanding the basic constitutional structure of overlapping powers permits headway in answering the bewildering array of contemporary questions concerning executive power. When challenges to the exercise of ...
... appropriation authorities in executing the law. Presidential accountability to Congress also is critical because Congress must determine if the president is carrying out legislative policy faithfully and effectively. Congress's ...
... appropriations bills. If Congress ties policy to appropriations, then the government may shut down if the president wishes to veto the unrelated legislative policy initiative. Presidents have long advocated a line item veto to ...
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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 |