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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... York University. In preparing this volume, I had the valuable assistance of Denise Rathbun, Martin Rosen, Arthur Miltz, and Robert Laurenty, each of whom I want to thank. I am also grateful to the City University Doctoral Faculty ...
... York, for without the participation of these important states, the new government could not succeed. In the Great Commonwealth, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Iames Monroe, and Richard Henry Lee led the fight against the Constitution ...
... York under the state constitution of 1777 had been the principal model in creating the Presidency. The battle was long and the outcome uncertain, but by the narrow margin of 30 to 27 the federalists won. Ironically, the nine state ...
... York (1777-1795) and as Vice President under Jefferson and Madison (I805-1812). This Fourth Essay of “Cato" was originally published in the New York Journal, November 8, 1787. be held as follows, etc.; this inexplicitness perhaps may lead ...
... York] which you so much prize; and, if you examine, you will perceive that the chief magistrate of this state is your immediate choice, controlled and checked by a just and full representation of the people, divested of the prerogative ...
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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