The Supreme Court and the Presidency
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The Supreme Court and the Presidency

Struggles for Supremacy

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eBook - PDF

The Supreme Court and the Presidency

Struggles for Supremacy

About this book

The Supreme Court and the Presidency: Struggles for Supremacy

This newest edition to The Supreme Court's Power in American Politics series explores and analyzes the dynamic alliances and tensions between the nation's chief executive and the Court over time. Through primary source and other documents and insightful narratives, this work discusses appointments, prerogative governance, and the role of time and regimes in the complex scheme of checks and balances.  Featured topics include:

  • Major theories of constitutional interpretation and their application to the exercise of executive power
  • The political dynamics in the relationship between the three branches of federal government
  • The evolution of executive authority and the struggle over the legislative veto
  •  Precedents for treaty-making and executive agreements with foreign governments
  • Executive and legislative relations and powers in times of war and national emergency, particularly after 9/11
  • The president's authority as commander-in-chief
  •  Historical controversies of executive privilege and censure and impeachment
  • Executive authority to issue pardons
  • Appendix with comparative data about conventional and Court periodization

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Information

Publisher
CQ Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780872895256
eBook ISBN
9781452234175
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Courts
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESIDENCY-FRONT COVER
  2. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESIDENCY
  3. SUMMARY CONTENTS
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
  8. CHAPTER 2: SEPARATION OF POWERS AND JUDICIAL RESPECT FOR COORDINATE BRANCHES
  9. CHAPTER 3: PREROGATIVE GOVERNANCE AND CHECKS AND BALANCES
  10. CHAPTER 4: THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT
  11. CHAPTER 5: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND ITS OFFICERS
  12. CHAPTER 6: THE WEAKENING OF LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
  13. CHAPTER 7: CODETERMINATION OF FISCAL POLICY
  14. CHAPTER 8: EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE POWER
  15. CHAPTER 9: PRESIDENTIAL DIPLOMACY
  16. CHAPTER 10: PRESIDENTIAL WAR MAKING
  17. CHAPTER 11: CONTROVERSIES OVER CONCEALMENT AND PARDONS
  18. CHAPTER 12: IMMUNITY, CENSURE, AND IMPEACHMENT
  19. APPENDIX: CONFLICT AND COLLABORATION AND THE PROBLEM OF TIMING
  20. INDEX