Democracy's chief executive : interpreting the constitution and defining the future of the presidency /

"In the eyes of modern-day presidentialists, the United States Constitution's vesting of "executive power" means today what it meant in 1787. For them, what it meant in 1787 was the creation of a largely unilateral presidency, and in their view, a unilateral presidency still best...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shane, Peter M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Presidents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW / Constitutional
Constitutional history
Constitutional law
Democracy
Executive power
Politics and government
Presidents > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : towards a pro-democracy constitutional presidency
  • From the "unitary" to the "entitled" presidency
  • The "chief prosecutor" myth
  • Politicizing the "deep state" : presidents and the bureaucracy
  • The originalist mirage of presidential power
  • Interpreting democracy's constitution
  • Democracy's presidency
  • Breaking the grip of presidentialism.

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