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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Harold J Krent. authority. The president stands responsible for all discharge of criminal and civil law enforcement, and is judged by his or her performance on election day. To be sure, voters cannot always call the president to account ...
... criminal and civil law enforcement hinges in part on the presence of officers to follow his bidding. Through the power to appoint officers of the United States, presidents can serve the public by ensuring accountability for the exercise ...
... Criminal Appeals should be considered principal or inferior officers, the Court focused largely on the question of supervision. According to the Court, “'[I]nferior officers' are officers whose work is directed and supervised at some ...
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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 |