A Theory Of The Executive Branch
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Author |
: Margit Cohn |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2021-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198821984 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198821980 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Theory of the Executive Branch by : Margit Cohn
This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power.
Author |
: Jeffrey Crouch |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2020-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780700630042 |
ISBN-13 |
: 070063004X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Unitary Executive Theory by : Jeffrey Crouch
“I have an Article II,” Donald Trump has announced, citing the US Constitution, “where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” Though this statement would have come as a shock to the framers of the Constitution, it fairly sums up the essence of “the unitary executive theory.” This theory, which emerged during the Reagan administration and gathered strength with every subsequent presidency, counters the system of checks and balances that constrains a president’s executive impulses. It also, the authors of this book contend, counters the letter and spirit of the Constitution. In their account of the rise of unitary executive theory over the last several decades, the authors refute the notion that this overweening view of executive power has been a common feature of the presidency from the beginning of the Republic. Rather, they show, it was invented under the Reagan Administration, got a boost during the George W. Bush administration, and has found its logical extension in the Trump administration. This critique of the unitary executive theory reveals it as a misguided model for understanding presidential powers. While its adherents argue that greater presidential power makes government more efficient, the results have shown otherwise. Dismantling the myth that presidents enjoy unchecked plenary powers, the authors advocate for principles of separation of powers—of checks and balances—that honor the Constitution and support the republican government its framers envisioned. A much-needed primer on presidential power, from the nation’s founding through Donald Trump’s impeachment, The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government makes a robust and persuasive case for a return to our constitutional limits.
Author |
: David M. Driesen |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
Release |
: 2021-07-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781503628625 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1503628620 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Specter of Dictatorship by : David M. Driesen
Reveals how the U.S. Supreme Court's presidentialism threatens our democracy and what to do about it. Donald Trump's presidency made many Americans wonder whether our system of checks and balances would prove robust enough to withstand an onslaught from a despotic chief executive. In The Specter of Dictatorship, David Driesen analyzes the chief executive's role in the democratic decline of Hungary, Poland, and Turkey and argues that an insufficiently constrained presidency is one of the most important systemic threats to democracy. Driesen urges the U.S. to learn from the mistakes of these failing democracies. Their experiences suggest, Driesen shows, that the Court must eschew its reliance on and expansion of the "unitary executive theory" recently endorsed by the Court and apply a less deferential approach to presidential authority, invoked to protect national security and combat emergencies, than it has in recent years. Ultimately, Driesen argues that concern about loss of democracy should play a major role in the Court's jurisprudence, because loss of democracy can prove irreversible. As autocracy spreads throughout the world, maintaining our democracy has become an urgent matter.
Author |
: Steven G. Calabresi |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300121261 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300121261 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Unitary Executive by : Steven G. Calabresi
This book provides a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive.
Author |
: Stephen Skowronek |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2021-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780197543108 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0197543103 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic by : Stephen Skowronek
A powerful dissection of one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise. President Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of the executive branch. In the process, two once-obscure concepts came center stage in an eerie faceoff. On one side was the specter of a "Deep State" conspiracyadministrators threatening to thwart the will of the people and undercut the constitutional authority of the president they elected to lead them. On the other side was a raw personalization of presidential power, one that a theory of "the unitary executive" gussied up and allowed to run roughshod over reason and the rule of law. The Deep State and the unitary executive framed every major contest of the Trump presidency. Like phantom twins, they drew each other out. These conflicts are not new. Stephen Skowronek, John A. Dearborn, and Desmond King trace the tensions between presidential power and the depth of the American state back through the decades and forward through the various settlements arrived at in previous eras. Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic is about the breakdown of settlements and the abiding vulnerabilities of a Constitution that gave scant attention to administrative power. Rather than simply dump on Trump, the authors provide a richly historical perspective on the conflicts that rocked his presidency, and they explain why, if left untamed, the phantom twins will continue to pull the American government apart.
Author |
: Paul R. Verkuil |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2007-12-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780511346361 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0511346360 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Outsourcing Sovereignty by : Paul R. Verkuil
Reliance on the private military industry and the privatization of public functions has left our government less able to govern effectively. When decisions that should have been taken by government officials are delegated (wholly or in part) to private contractors without appropriate oversight, the public interest is jeopardized. Books on private military have described the problem well, but they have not offered prescriptions or solutions this book does.
Author |
: Chris Edelson |
Publisher |
: University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2013-12-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780299295332 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0299295338 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Emergency Presidential Power by : Chris Edelson
Can a U.S. president decide to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely without charges or secretly monitor telephone conversations and e-mails without a warrant in the interest of national security? Was the George W. Bush administration justified in authorizing waterboarding? Was President Obama justified in ordering the killing, without trial or hearing, of a U.S. citizen suspected of terrorist activity? Defining the scope and limits of emergency presidential power might seem easy—just turn to Article II of the Constitution. But as Chris Edelson shows, the reality is complicated. In times of crisis, presidents have frequently staked out claims to broad national security power. Ultimately it is up to the Congress, the courts, and the people to decide whether presidents are acting appropriately or have gone too far. Drawing on excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court opinions, Department of Justice memos, and other primary documents, Edelson weighs the various arguments that presidents have used to justify the expansive use of executive power in times of crisis. Emergency Presidential Power uses the historical record to evaluate and analyze presidential actions before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The choices of the twenty-first century, Edelson concludes, have pushed the boundaries of emergency presidential power in ways that may provide dangerous precedents for current and future commanders-in-chief. Winner, Crader Family Book Prize in American Values, Department of History and Crader Family Endowment for American Values, Southeast Missouri State University
Author |
: Arthur Meier Schlesinger |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 630 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0618420010 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780618420018 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Imperial Presidency by : Arthur Meier Schlesinger
Publisher Description
Author |
: Louis Fisher |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199856213 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199856214 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Law of the Executive Branch by : Louis Fisher
The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers' intent, and more than two centuries of practice. Each provision of the US Constitution is analyzed to reveal its contemporary meaning and in concert with the application of presidential power.
Author |
: H. Liebert |
Publisher |
: Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2012-01-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1349342483 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781349342488 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Executive Power in Theory and Practice by : H. Liebert
Since September 11, 2001, long-standing debates over the nature and proper extent of executive power have assumed a fresh urgency. In this book eleven leading scholars of American politics and political theory address the idea of executive power.