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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... duties to be exercised by the president fell into place. Article II provides then, as it does now, in principal part that “the President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States;”21 that “he shall have Power to grant ...
... duties not to the president directly but to other officials within the executive branch. Congress, particularly in the twentieth century, created a huge bureaucratic structure and lodged the responsibility in executive branch officials ...
... duties.”47 Congress, therefore, can appoint individuals to serve on commissions that exercise advisory functions without running afoul of the Appointments Clause. In addition, it can appoint its own officers, such as Librarian of ...
... duties” under the act connected to prosecution, so that the office could not be understood to formulate government-wide policy.65 Moreover, because the independent counsel could act only within the restricted jurisdiction provided by ...
... duties exercised by the officer. The Supreme Court, however, chose a slightly different tack in Edmond v. United States.70 There, in considering whether judges on the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals should be considered principal ...
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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 |