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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... vesting extensive authority in one chief executive, the constitutional system stresses the need for vigorous presidential leadership. Particularly in times of war or fiscal emergency, assertive presidential action may be critical to ...
... vested in the legislature alone. As one critic of the legislature lamented, had the supreme power instead “been lodged in the hands of one man, it would have been less dangerous to the safety and liberties of the community.”15 Governors ...
... vested in a President of the United States of America,”25 although the significance and extent of that grant was unclear. Many have argued that the Vesting Clause itself represents a substantial grant of executive power. The Vesting ...
... vesting of executive power should be construed narrowly, lest the executive swallow the legislative power of setting national policy. Yet, he transformed the very nature of the young nation through the Louisiana Purchase, despite the ...
... vested power in him, not in the states. President James Polk later elaborated that “the President represents in the executive department the whole people of the United States, as each member of the legislative department represents ...
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 |