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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... WOODROW WILSON: The Presidents Role in American Government 92 The President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can. The Contemporary Presidency ON FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT: from Roosevelt's View of the Big lob ...
... Woodrow Wilson said “the President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can,” he indicated the range of possibilities open to a President in attempting to exercise power and emphasized that the essential ...
... President's views are revealed in the way he conducts his Presidency and confronts the problems of his time. Every President has some conception of the Presidency's power. In at least one instance (Woodrow Wilson) that conception was ...
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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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