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The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution examines presidential power from a variety of perspectives: analyzing the president's role in the administrative state, as commander-in-chief, as occupant of the modern "Bully Pulpit," and, in separate essays, addressing recent presidents' relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.
List of contents
Introduction, Andrew E. Busch
Chapter 1: Lincoln: An Imperial President?, David K. Nichols
Chapter 2: The Administrative State and the Imperial Presidency: Then and Now, Adam J. White Chapter 3: Constitutional Structure, Political History, And the Invisible Congress, Andrew Rudalevige
Chapter 4: Can the Supreme Court Check Abuses of Executive Power?, Ralph A. Rossum
Chapter 5: Going to War: The Constitutional and Strategic Roots of the Imperial Presidency, Gary J. Schmitt
Chapter 6: The Presidency and the New 'Bully Pulpit', James W. Ceaser
Chapter 7: The Imperial Executive in Constitutional Democracy: Exploring the Powers-Duties Distinction, Joseph M. Bessette
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Gary Schmitt is the co-director of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at AEI and the director of AEI's Program on American Citizenship. His recent books include The Professions and Civic Life (Lexington Books, 2016), A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key US Allies and Security Partners (Strategic Studies Institute, 2015) and Trendsetting Charter Schools: Raising the Bar for Civic Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
Andrew E. Busch is Crown Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, where he teaches courses on American politics and government.
Joseph M. Bessette is Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics at Claremont McKenna College, where he has been on the faculty since 1990.
Summary
The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution examines presidential power from a variety of perspectives: analyzing the president's role in the administrative state, as commander-in-chief, as occupant of the modern "Bully Pulpit," and, in separate essays, addressing recent presidents' relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.
