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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... vote of the House of Representatives , followed by trial before the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding , in which a two - thirds vote for conviction results in the President's removal from office . This process , often threatened ...
... vote . Thus no President has ever been removed from office , and only one - Richard Nixon - has ever been compelled to resign . But the power of any discredited President declines in direct proportion to his loss of popular approval ...
... vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabi- tant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for , and of the number of votes for each ; which list they shall ...
... vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the States , and a majority ... votes of the electors shall be the Vice President . But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes ...
... vote , unless they be equally divided . The Senate shall choose their other officers , and also a president pro tempore , in the absence of the Vice President , or when he shall exercise the office of the President of the United States ...
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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