Take up your pen : unilateral presidential directives in American politics

Take up your pen : unilateral presidential directives in American politics / Graham G. Dodds.

The author explores the constitutional and historical development of unilateral presidential directives, the ability of presidents to bypass the legislative process and set public policy via their own executive orders, and how such a practice fits Americans' conception of democracy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dodds, Graham G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
©2013
Series:Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism.
Subjects:
Executive orders > United States > History.
Executive power > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > History.
Separation of powers > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Executive Branch.
Executive orders
Executive power
Presidents
Separation of powers
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Unilateral directives and the presidency
  • The constitutional executive
  • Judicial sanction
  • Early unilateral presidential directives
  • Theodore Roosevelt and the rise of unilateral presidential directives
  • Unilateral Presidential directives from Roosevelt to Roosevelt : Taft through FDR
  • Unilateral Presidential directives from postwar era to the present day
  • Conclusions.

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