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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... legislature can alone declare war. . . it belongs to the executive power to do whatever else the law of nations . . . enjoins in the intercourse of the United States with foreign powers. ON WASHINGTONS PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY: 59 The ...
... legislature, and the subgovernments each deny the White House the political power or legal authority necessary to manage public affairs. LOUIS W. KOENIG: The Swings and Roundabouts of Presidential Power 440 A major factor in the ...
... legislature dominated by their own party; Lyndon Johnson with 35 years' experience in fashioning working majorities on Capitol Hill; Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford, lacking party control in either house of Congress; or Ronald Reagan ...
... legislature more independent, better informed, stronger and more aggressive. But one that is also less responsive to customary techniques of executive pressure and less amenable to presidential leadership. Congress has again become—as ...
... legislature to reflect public opinion and formulate public policy. Viewing Pennsylvania Avenue as a moat rather than a bridge, he eschews legislative leadership. Having limited policy objectives, he does not attempt to organize or ...
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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