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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... Defense of the Presidency ALEXANDER HAMILTON: The Federalist, No. 69 34 . . . there is no pretense for the parallel which has been attempted between him and the king ofGreat Britain. ALEXANDER HAMILTON: The Federalist, No. 70 40 Energy ...
... defense of the government forced upon him. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Letter to A. G. Hodges 83 I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the ...
... does this leave us? It leaves us with the Presidents themselves, with what they might do for themselves in their own self-defense. JAMES DAVID BARBER: The Presidential Character 367 A Presidential character Presidential Power and.
... defense of democracy. Depending on the historial period or the political orientation from which the office is viewed, each of these seemingly contradictory assessments may be valid. But taken together they reflect two essential facts ...
... defense of the national interest and to the exercise of whatever authority may be latent in the presidential office. Neither Lincoln nor Roosevelt could have acted with such spectacular independence in meeting the challenges confronting ...
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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