The Power of the Pressidency: Concepts and ControversyRobert S. Hirschfield The American presidency is the most powerful political office in the world. But this impressive statement serves only to raise a whole series of fundamental questions: What is the scope of presidential powers and what are its limits? Can the president use all the authority of his office or is that authority more formal than effective? Does the presidency have sufficient power to meet today's needs or do the problems of the modern age demand a more powerful executive? Is there a danger of dictatorship in the growth of political authority or will the presidency remain an office of constitutional democratic leadership? This book explores such questions by presenting a wide range of views on presidential power from a variety of sources: original supporters and opponents of the office; presidents themselves; Supreme Court decisions; and professional students of the presidency. |
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... Constitution THE CONSTITUTION: Provisions on the Presidency 18 The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Antifederalist Attacks on the Presidency PATRICK HENRY: Speech Against Ratification 26 ...
... Constitution through the preservation of the nation. The Emergence of the Modern Presidency THEODORE ROOSEVELT: The “Stewardship Theory" 85 My belief was that it was not only his right but his duty to do anything that the needs of the ...
... Constitution's] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES 243 . . .when under conditions of modern warfare our shores are threatened by hostile forces, the power to protect ...
... constitutional office is its flexibility. For the Presidency under the Constitution is only potentially, not necessarily, powerful. That document's executive provisions, even more than the others, are general, indefinite, and ambiguous ...
... Constitution's meaning is the function of the Supreme Court. But despite its vaunted reputation, judicial review has not been an effective method of defining presidential authority. Iudicial pronouncements on such authority are rare ...
Contents
in the event that the Congress should fail to act and | 112 |
Some Thoughts on the Presidency | 120 |
From The Ordeal of Power | 127 |
MidTerm Television Conversation | 136 |
Comments on the Presidency | 149 |
The Presidential Character | 367 |
The Limits of Presidential Power | 387 |
The Presidency and Its Paradoxes | 416 |
The Presidency in the 1980s | 433 |
Change and Continuity | 451 |
Presidents of the United States | 482 |
Index | 496 |
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