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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... Roosevelt to one that must contend with difficult new political environments , both domestically and globally . In any event the present result of all that has happened to and around the Presidency since this book last appeared is an ...
... ROOSEVELT : from Roosevelt's View of the Big Job by Anne O'Hare McCormick 103 The Presidency ... is preeminently a place of moral leadership . FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT : First Inaugural Address 106 ... in the event that the Congress shall ...
Concepts and Controversy Robert S. Hirschfield. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: Message to Congress on Wartime Stabilization I l l . . . in the event that the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I ...
... Roosevelt to Vietnam / Watergate ] EDWARD S. CORWIN : The Aggrandizement of Presidential Power 282 the growth of presidential power within recent years con- fronts the American people with a problem of deliberate constitu- tional reform ...
... Roosevelt's strong Presidency . Notwithstanding the wide- spread disillusion that marked the 1980 presidential selection / elec- tion process , the Presidency may now be on the way to recovering its prestige and power . If the Reagan ...
Contents
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Message to Congress on Wartime | 111 |
Some Thoughts on the Presidency | 120 |
From The Ordeal of Power | 126 |
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 |
A major factor in the Presidencys historic success is its | 449 |
Presidents of the United States | 482 |
Index | 496 |
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