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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... decisions to introduce troops or abrogate treaties have been dismissed. Courts have termed many such challenges “political questions,” suggesting that redress can be obtained only through the political process. As a consequence of both ...
... decision to vest the “executive” power in a single executive. Moreover, the public seemingly has welcomed presidential initiative throughout much of our nation's history. Presidential Accountability to Congressional Policymaking At the ...
... decision to vest the executive power in one individual: “[W]e well know what numerous executives are. We know there is neither vigor, decision, nor responsibility in them.”28 And, Edmund Randolph at the Virginia Convention commented ...
... decision, now let him enforce it.”35 Indeed, he believed it was his constitutional duty to interpret the Constitution for himself: “The opinion of the judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the ...
... decisions. Presidential appointment of Supreme Court justices in particular demonstrates that predicting the course of an individual's career is not a science. President Eisenhower's selection of William Brennan36 as well as the first ...
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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 |