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 Power shall be 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 ...
... executive power did not occupy center stage. Rather, most of the debates concerned the allocation of power between the states and Congress and between large and small states. Nonetheless, there were many, like Patrick Henry, who voiced ...
... power unquestionably has expanded over the generations, the progress has not been consistent—the scope of presidential power turns on the resistance exerted by the other branches as well ... executive power further still. 12 | Introduction.
Harold J Krent. Andrew Jackson expanded the notion of executive power further still. His brand of populism suggested that he could appeal over the heads of Congress to the people for support of his policies. He viewed himself as a ...
... executive power. As president, Taft backed off his predecessor's theory of broad executive power untethered to the constitutional text. He remarked that he found Roosevelt's beliefs jarring in a republic because the use of “undefined” ...
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 |