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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... out of the Constitu- tion itself , our international relations , and all the protection implied by the nature of the government under the Constitution . Executive Privilege UNITED STATES V. NIXON 267 The legitimate needs.
... tion process , the Presidency may now be on the way to recovering its prestige and power . If the Reagan programs and policies are success- ful , its " time of troubles " could be at an end ; if those efforts fail to meet the nation's ...
... tion of presidential primaries and the absence of party machinery to support a sitting President mean that the power of incumbency is no longer sufficient to assure renomination . This situation ( plus federal campaign financing and the ...
... tion of political power in the United States generally provides con- straints on executive authority , but it does not handcuff an activist President or preclude the use of extraordinary power when events demand leadership , when the ...
... tion , the legislature and other centers of countervailing power may assert their authority and rebuff the President , as the Supreme Court did in declaring Truman's seizure of the steel mills unconstitutional , and as Congress did by ...
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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