Living Presidency - An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers

Beloved by liberals, the living Constitution evolves with the times. But one downside has been the erosion of constitutional constraints on executive action. Saikrishna Prakash argues that if we want to rein in this imperial, living presidency, we must embrace constitutional originalism and revive the framers' vision of the separation of powers.

About the author

Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Miller Center Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia. He clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the DC Circuit. He has been a James Madison Fellow at Princeton University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Summary

Beloved by liberals, the living Constitution evolves with the times. But one downside has been the erosion of constitutional constraints on executive action. Saikrishna Prakash argues that if we want to rein in this imperial, living presidency, we must embrace constitutional originalism and revive the framers’ vision of the separation of powers.

Product details

• Authors: Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780674987982
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98798-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, Political science & theory, Legal History, Political science and theory, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general