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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... 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 problem of presidential power is persistent ...
... election because of the divisiveness generated by the Vietnam war ; in 1974 Richard Nixon was forced to resign as a result of the Watergate affair ; in 1976 Gerald Ford could not win election in his own right ; and in 1980 Jimmy Carter ...
... elections for party decisions as the principal mode of choosing state delegates to the national nominating conventions . This method has broadened the base of citizen participation in the selection process , and coupled with the reform ...
... election process , there have also during the past decade been great changes and reforms in the operation of ... elections related to the Presidency , essentially politics in America is local in organization , operation , and orienta ...
... elections are separate , a party's nominee may capture the White House while the party as a whole fails to win a majority of seats in one or both legislative houses . But even if a party gains control of both the executive and ...
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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