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Book Synopsis Gerald Ford and the Separation of Powers by : Alex E. Hindman
Download or read book Gerald Ford and the Separation of Powers written by Alex E. Hindman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constitutional presidency is the crown jewel of the separation of powers in the American system. Designed in 1787, the office was structured to weather a wide variety of political circumstances, accommodate broad ranges of personalities in its incumbents and educate officeholders to become better presidents. Nowhere are these three effects clearer than during the brief, unelected tenure of President Gerald Ford, because he occupied the presidency amid tremendous strains on the country and the separation of powers. After the dual traumas of Watergate and Vietnam, the public was profoundly skeptical of government in general and the presidency in particular. As a result, the post-Watergate Congress claimed the mantle of public support and proposed reforms that could have crippled the presidency’s constitutional powers. Weakened by the Nixon pardon, Ford stood alone in this environment without many of the informal political strengths associated with the modern presidency. As a result he had to rely, in large measure, on the formal powers of his constitutional office. Based on archival research, this book shows that Ford’s presidency placed the Constitution at the center of his time in office. The constitutional presidency allowed him to preserve his own political life, his presidential office, and the separation of powers amid a turbulent chapter in American history.
Book Synopsis Preserving the Constitutional Presidency by : Alex Edward Hindman
Download or read book Preserving the Constitutional Presidency written by Alex Edward Hindman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The crown jewel of the separation of powers in the American system is the constitutional presidency. The office was designed to endure a wide variety of political circumstances, accommodate broad ranges of personalities in its incumbents, and educate officeholders to become better presidents. Nowhere is this clearer than during the brief, unelected tenure of President Gerald Ford. His presidency provides the best example of these enduring qualities of the office because Ford occupied the presidency during one of the most turbulent times in American history and amid tremendous strains on the separation of powers. After the dual traumas of Watergate and Vietnam, the public was profoundly skeptical of government in general and the presidency in particular. Congress claimed the mantle of public support and sought to reform the executive branch by legislative statute. In another episode in the perennial struggle under the separation of powers, the post-Watergate Congress proposed reforms that could have crippled the constitutional powers of the presidency. Weakened by the Nixon pardon, Ford stood alone without many of the informal political strengths associated with the modern presidency. Despite significant political liabilities, the Constitution enabled President ford to fend off legislative encroachments and preserved the presidential office with its powers largely intact. Through his use of the veto, the Commander-in-Chief power, and his efforts to resist encroachments of the legislative veto, President Ford succeeded in defending the powers of the presidency. Moreover, the Constitution formed Ford's character from a Midwestern legislator to a moderately successful chief executive. Existing scholarship on President Ford describes a decent man who held office amid very difficult circumstances. However, the narrative of how the Constitution formed him and he preserved his constitutional office remains untold." -- unpaged preliminary pages
Book Synopsis Gerald R. Ford by : Douglas Brinkley
Download or read book Gerald R. Ford written by Douglas Brinkley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "accidental" president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White House in August 1974, he inherited a presidency tarnished by the Watergate scandal, the economy was in a recession, the Vietnam War was drawing to a close, and he had taken office without having been elected. Most observers gave him little chance of success, especially after he pardoned Richard Nixon just a month into his presidency, an action that outraged many Americans, but which Ford thought was necessary to move the nation forward. Many people today think of Ford as a man who stumbled a lot--clumsy on his feet and in politics--but acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley shows him to be a man of independent thought and conscience, who never allowed party loyalty to prevail over his sense of right and wrong. As a young congressman, he stood up to the isolationists in the Republican leadership, promoting a vigorous role for America in the world. Later, as House minority leader and as president, he challenged the right wing of his party, refusing to bend to their vision of confrontation with the Communist world. And after the fall of Saigon, Ford also overruled his advisers by allowing Vietnamese refugees to enter the United States, arguing that to do so was the humane thing to do. Brinkley draws on exclusive interviews with Ford and on previously unpublished documents (including a remarkable correspondence between Ford and Nixon stretching over four decades), fashioning a masterful reassessment of Gerald R. Ford's presidency and his underappreciated legacy to the nation.
Book Synopsis The Separation of Governmental Powers in History, in Theory, and in the Constitutions by : William Bondy
Download or read book The Separation of Governmental Powers in History, in Theory, and in the Constitutions written by William Bondy and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bondy, William. Separation of Governmental Powers in History, in Theory, and in the Constitutions. New York: Columbia College, 1896. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. vi,[7]-185, [1] pp. LCCN 98-44994. ISBN 1-886363-65-X. Cloth. $65. * Examines theories relating to the powers of the court and the legislature and the separation and balance of the two. Originally published as v.5, no. 2 in Columbia's series, Studies in history, economics and public law.
Book Synopsis Gerald R. Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America by : Bernard J. Firestone
Download or read book Gerald R. Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America written by Bernard J. Firestone and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Unitary Executive and the Modern Presidency by : Ryan J. Barilleaux
Download or read book The Unitary Executive and the Modern Presidency written by Ryan J. Barilleaux and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his first term in office, Pres. George W. Bush made reference to the "unitary executive" ninety-five times, as part of signing statements, proclamations, and executive orders. Pres. Barack Obama's actions continue to make issues of executive power as timely as ever. Unitary executive theory stems from interpretation of the constitutional assertion that the president is vested with the "executive power" of the United States. In this groundbreaking collection of studies, eleven presidential scholars examine for the first time the origins, development, use, and future of this theory. The Unitary Executive and the Modern Presidency examines how the unitary executive theory became a recognized constitutional theory of presidential authority, how it has evolved, how it has been employed by presidents of both parties, and how its use has affected and been affected by U.S. politics. This book also examines the constitutional, political, and even psychological impact of the last thirty years of turmoil in the executive branch and the ways that controversy has altered both the exercise and the public’s view of presidential power.
Book Synopsis The Separation of Governmental Powers by : William Bondy
Download or read book The Separation of Governmental Powers written by William Bondy and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Separation of Governmental Powers by : Francis Walker
Download or read book The Separation of Governmental Powers written by Francis Walker and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Separation of Governmental Powers by : William Bondy
Download or read book The Separation of Governmental Powers written by William Bondy and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Separation Of Powers: Documents and Commentary by : Katy Harriger
Download or read book Separation Of Powers: Documents and Commentary written by Katy Harriger and published by . This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dozen introductory essays and 56 documents are designed to help spice up the usually dreary courses on the separation of powers in the US government by illuminating the dynamics and complexity of the concept and the conflict that often accompanies its practice. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Book Synopsis Some Aspects of Separation of Powers by : Edward Hirsch Levi
Download or read book Some Aspects of Separation of Powers written by Edward Hirsch Levi and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Explaining Congressional-Presidential Relations by : Steven A. Shull
Download or read book Explaining Congressional-Presidential Relations written by Steven A. Shull and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-08-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a multivariate analysis of presidential-congressional interaction.
Book Synopsis The Power of the Presidency by : Robert S. Hirschfield
Download or read book The Power of the Presidency written by Robert S. Hirschfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American presidency is the most powerful political office in the world. But this impressive statement serves only to raise a whole series of fundamental questions: What is the scope of presidential powers and what are its limits? Can the president use all the authority of his office or is that authority more formal than effective? Does the presidency have sufficient power to meet today's needs or do the problems of the modern age demand a more powerful executive? Is there a danger of dictatorship in the growth of political authority or will the presidency remain an office of constitutional democratic leadership?This book explores such questions by presenting a wide range of views on presidential power from a variety of sources: original supporters and opponents of the office; presidents themselves; Supreme Court decisions; and professional students of the presidency.
Book Synopsis Separate But Equal Branches by : Charles O. Jones
Download or read book Separate But Equal Branches written by Charles O. Jones and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A careful evaluation of the nature and effects of the separation of the executive and legislative branches, Charles O. Jones treats specific developments in presidential-congressional relations by analyzing the experiences and styles of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Book Synopsis The Lost Soul of the American Presidency by : Stephen F. Knott
Download or read book The Lost Soul of the American Presidency written by Stephen F. Knott and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American presidency is not what it once was. Nor, Stephen F. Knott contends, what it was meant to be. Taking on an issue as timely as Donald Trump’s latest tweet and old as the American republic, the distinguished presidential scholar documents the devolution of the American presidency from the neutral, unifying office envisioned by the framers of the Constitution into the demagogic, partisan entity of our day. The presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency that we have today, far predates its current incarnation. The executive office as James Madison, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton conceived it would be a source of national pride and unity, a check on the tyranny of the majority, and a neutral guarantor of the nation’s laws. The Lost Soul of the American Presidency shows how Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” remade the presidency, paving the way for Andrew Jackson to elevate “majority rule” into an unofficial constitutional principle—and contributing to the disenfranchisement, and worse, of African Americans and Native Americans. In Woodrow Wilson, Knott finds a worthy successor to Jefferson and Jackson. More than any of his predecessors, Wilson altered the nation’s expectations of what a president could be expected to achieve, putting in place the political machinery to support a “presidential government.” As difficult as it might be to recover the lost soul of the American presidency, Knott reminds us of presidents who resisted pandering to public opinion and appealed to our better angels—George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and William Howard Taft, among others—whose presidencies suggest an alternative and offer hope for the future of the nation’s highest office.
Book Synopsis The Presidents and the Constitution by : Ken Gormley
Download or read book The Presidents and the Constitution written by Ken Gormley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history, from George Washington to Barack Obama. In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation’s foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. Each occupant of the office—the first president to the forty-fourth—has contributed to the story of the Constitution through the decisions he made and the actions he took as the nation’s chief executive. By examining presidential history through the lens of constitutional conflicts and challenges, The Presidents and the Constitution offers a fresh perspective on how the Constitution has evolved in the hands of individual presidents. It delves into key moments in American history, from Washington’s early battles with Congress to the advent of the national security presidency under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to reveal the dramatic historical forces that drove these presidents to action. Historians and legal experts, including Richard Ellis, Gary Hart, Stanley Kutler and Kenneth Starr, bring the Constitution to life, and show how the awesome powers of the American presidency have been shapes by the men who were granted them. The book brings to the fore the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and ties together presidencies in a way never before accomplished.
Book Synopsis American Politics Today by : John David Lees
Download or read book American Politics Today written by John David Lees and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
