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Book SynopsisArgues that the congressional framework meant to advise and constrain presidential conduct since Watergate has slowly eroded. Andrew Rudalevige discusses the abuse of power that prompted what he calls the ""resurgence regime"" against the imperial presidency and asks how and why presidents have regained their standing.
Trade ReviewI cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own The Imperial Presidency. - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"Readable and extremely pertinent,
The New Imperial Presidency combines masterful history and trenchant analysis of the push and pull for power between Presidents and Congresses - and the key role played by each institution's will for power and responsibility. In the story of this distinctly American political drama, Professor Rudalevige gives us a timely primer for making sense of today's Washington scene." — former Congressman David Skaggs, executive director, Center for Democracy & Citizenship, Washington, D.C.
"Rudalevige is an authoritative guide to the resurgence of presidential power since its decline in the post-Watergate years, and to the corresponding eclipse of the Congress. Charting a trend that has reached 'tidal wave' proportions in the George W. Bush presidency, Rudalevige gives a convincing account both of the extravagance of current executive claims and the dangers of congressional inertia and public passivity." — Representative David E. Price (D.-N.C.)
"Rudalevige sounds a wake-up call, urging us to recall and rededicate ourselves to the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances, separation of powers, representative government, and what it takes to keep a republic. Other branches, and the public, need to check the high-flying presidency. Powerfully argued and written." — Louis Fisher, author of
Presidential War Power
