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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... contexts. Similarly, although the function of judges under Article III is to interpret and apply the law in resolving cases and controversies, presidents must interpret the law in carrying out the terms of both treaties and statutes ...
... contexts hinge on resolution of three potentially overlapping determinants of the president's role within the Constitution's separation of powers framework. Presidential Initiative By vesting extensive authority in one chief executive ...
... contexts is possible. In short, our system has achieved only modest success in telling us when presidential initiative should trump the president's need to be accountable to Congress, or when Congress's ability to set broad policy ...
... context, inquiring whether the balance between initiative and accountability veers more toward the president when international relations are at stake. In related vein, the book next explores whether presidents should be able to tap a ...
... contexts.9 The incidence of vetoes depends on not only a president's willingness to take political heat but also his relationship to Congress as a whole. In the context of a divided government, the exercise of vetoes becomes far more ...
Índice
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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 |