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 in shaping U.S. policy so that the president can be judged for his own actions. Even if the president is serving a second term in office or does not intend to stand for reelection, voter antipathy to his conduct in ...
... executive branch more accountable to the public. Studying the three factors, therefore, will not by itself generate answers to concrete questions. It can, however, illuminate the crosscurrents underlying evolution of presidential powers ...
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... executive authority through internal executive agency regulations, thereby making themselves more accountable to the people for executive branch actions. President Nixon pursued both domestic (internal surveillance)52 and foreign ...
... executive by vesting “the executive Power”15 the laws be faithfully executed”? The “take care” clause presupposes ... branch. Congress, particularly in the twentieth century, created a huge bureaucratic structure and lodged the responsibility ...
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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 |