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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... delegated to the president or his subordinates, Congress can pressure presidents to adhere to congressional instructions more closely. Impeachment looms as the ultimate oversight mechanism. Presidential Accountability to the Public As a ...
... delegated an array of additional responsibilities, including the power to impose and lift tariffs, impound funds in limited contexts, investigate crimes, and declare national emergencies. The president in those situations must be able ...
... delegated to officials other than the president? Would that presidential control help the public trace executive branch actions more directly to the president, enhancing presidential accountability? Much of the contemporary debate over ...
... delegate responsibility to particular government officials.25 But, from the perspective of those advocating a ... delegated authority to officers independent of the president, and the president has never exerted close control over ...
... delegated directly to him, he has only limited power to influence the authority delegated to other executive branch officials. The courts thus have rejected a strong version of a unitary executive and hence have limited the president's ...
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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 |