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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... Vietnam / Watergate or because it is in a period of transition from the institution shaped by Franklin Roosevelt to one that must contend with difficult new political environments , both domestically and globally . In any event the ...
... Vietnam . And it was not resolved by the election of Mr. Nixon . On the contrary , Nixon's exercise of independent authority in attempting to end the war turned out to be even more assertive than Johnson's was in escalating it . The ...
... Katzenbach on the President's Power to Conduct the War in Vietnam 153 His is the responsibility of controlling and directing all the external aspects of the nation's power . Presidency 162 The days of a passive Presidency belong 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 ; otherwise ...
... Vietnam / Watergate to the present ] ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER , JR .: The Imperial Presidency 387 I still believe in a strong Presidency . . . . [ But ] a strong Presiden- cy within the Constitution . AARON WILDAVSKY : The Past and Future ...
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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