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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... emergency is still critical . . . I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis - broad executive power to wage a war against the emer- gency as great as the power that would be given me if we were in fact ...
... emergency . Although in the Court's latest major decision on presidential power it rejected Mr. Nixon's claim of absolute “ execu- tive privilege " and ordered him to make available information rele- vant to the Watergate affair , the ...
... emergency, but he encountered no resistance when he alone decided the issue of national survival in the Cuban missile crisis. And while Lyndon Iohnson found widespread support in 1964 for his attack on America's most critical domestic ...
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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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