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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... influence or control the course of national or international affairs being de- pendent at any given time on five major factors : 1 ) the meaning currently attributed to the formal , constitutional sources of executive authority ; 2 ...
... influence as primarily moral and above partisanship . The weak President takes a narrow view of his independent constitutional authority , even in the field of foreign affairs , and he is comfortable in a political system of widely ...
... influence on all appointments ; the strong posts in each state comprised within his superintendence , and garrisoned by troops under his direction ; his control over the army , militia , and navy ; the unrestrained power of granting ...
... influence on their appointments to foreign courts ; as also to make treaties , leagues , and alliances with foreign states , as- sisted by the Senate , which when made becomes the supreme law of land . He is a constituent part of the ...
... influence throughout the United States , we must conclude that a duration of four years for the Chief Magistrate of the Union is a degree of Alexander Hamilton was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and the leader of the ...
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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