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 Branch 69 G. One Final Check: Congressional 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 ...
... executive branch officials. The Constitution also is silent as to whether the Senate or president can terminate treaties. Nor does it mention whether judges can review presidential actions for conformance with constitutional ...
... 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 ...
... branches often do not under current doctrine meet that requirement. No individual or entity may suffer the personal, tangible harm necessary to satisfy the constitutional test. A congressional demand for information from the executive ...
... executive, the constitutional system stresses the need for vigorous presidential leadership. Particularly in times ... branch and thereby preserve greater flexibility for executive action. The president under Article II, in other words ...
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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 |