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Presidential Powers by Harold J. Krent is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A legal examination of the constituitonal powers granted to U.S. Presidents. Framed in Article II of the Constitution, presidential powers are dictated today by judicial as well as historical precedent. To understand the ways the president wields power as well as how this power is kept in check by other branches of government, Harold J. Krent presents three overlapping determinants of the president's role under the Constitution-the need for presidential initiative in administering the law and providing foreign policy leadership, the importance of maintaining congressional control over policymaking, and the imperative to ensure that the president be accountable to the public. Krent’s examination is sweeping, ranging from the president's ability to appoint and remove executive branch officials, to the president's role in proposing and implementing treaties and the power to conduct war, to the extent the president can refuse to turn over information in response to congressional and judicial requests. Finally, Krent addresses the history and purposes of presidential pardons. By drawing on historic and contemporary presidential actions to illustrate his points, Krent reminds us that the

Who reads Presidential Powers?

Author

Harold J. Krent

Publisher

New York University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814748640

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Military, Political Science