Description
Book SynopsisBush administration.
Trade Review"Must reading for scholars and students who want to understand the executive's critical, uneasy place in the American political system." - Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia "Once again Bessette and Tulis combine their considerable talents to publish a thoughtful collection of essays that explore the reach of presidential power." - Louis Fisher, author of The Constitution and 9/11: Recurring Threats to America's Freedoms"
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1. On the Constitution, Politics, and the Presidency
Chapter 2. The Powers and Duties of the Preisdent: Recovering the Logic and Meaning of Article II
Chapter 3. President Washington's Proclamtation of Neutrality
Chapter 4. Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft: The Constitutional Foundations of the Modern Presidency
Chapter 5. Constitutional Controversy and Presidential Election
Chapter 6. Military Tribunals, Prerogative Power, and the War on Terrorism
Chapter 7. Executive Orders
Chapter 8. Budget Power, Constitutional Conflicts, and the National Interest
Chapter 9. Executive Privilege
Chapter 10. Impeachment in the Constitutional Order