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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Responsibility : the Constitution -- Summoned by my country : Washington and Adams -- The fugitive occurrence : Jefferson and Madison -- Independent of both : Jackson, Tyler, and Polk -- A rough time of it : Lincoln -- Unmindful of the high duties : Andrew Johnson -- Facing the lions : McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson -- What must be done : Franklin Roosevelt -- Going to hell : Truman and Eisenhower -- Bear any burden : Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson -- Not illegal : Nixon, Ford, and Carter -- First a dream : Reagan -- The vision thing : George H.W. Bush and Clinton -- No equivocation : George W. Bush -- The last mile : Obama. |
| Summary |
The most important individual interpreter of the United States Constitution is the President. Presidents both direct and are directed by the stream of American history. In this book, Harold Bruff shows how Presidents have formed constitutional law by behavior that sets or alters precedents. Although Presidents ordinarily obey both court judgments and explicit statutory commands, presidential interpretations of the Constitution are ultimately independent of the views of the other two branches of government. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Executive power -- United States -- History.
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Executive power. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Implied powers (Constitutional law) -- United States -- History.
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Presidents -- United States -- History.
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Implied powers (Constitutional law) |
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LAW -- Constitutional. |
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Presidents. |
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LAW -- Public. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780226211107 022621110X (DLC) 2014025164 |
| ISBN |
9780226211244 (electronic book) |
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022621124X (electronic book) |
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9780226211107 (cloth) |
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