Format:
1 online resource (351 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780700624683
Content:
In the fourth of the Federalist Papers, published in 1787, John Jay warned of absolute monarchs who "will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it." More than two centuries later, are single executives making unilateral decisions any more trustworthy? And have the checks on executive power, so critical in the Founders' drafting of the Constitution, held? These are the questions Louis Fisher pursues in this book.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Note on Citations -- 1. Contemporary Biases -- Supreme Court Misconceptions -- Academic Failings -- Conservatives Turn to Executive Power -- Careless, Erroneous Dicta -- Political Questions -- Inherent Powers -- Presidential "Unity" -- 2. Shaping Constitutional Principles, 1776-1870 -- Framers' Intent -- Precedents from Washington to John Adams -- Unitary Executive Denied -- Jefferson's Initiatives -- Wars Against England and Mexico -- Protecting Lives and Property -- Lincoln's Precedents -- Suspending the Writ and the Blockade -- 3. Precedents from 1870 to 1935 -- Immigration Policy -- Spanish-American War -- Life and Property Actions -- World War I -- Teapot Dome Scandal -- President's Removal Power -- 4. From 1936 to World War II -- The Issue in Curtiss-Wright -- The Sole-Organ Doctrine -- Scholarly Evaluations -- Some Midcourse Judicial Adjustments -- Executive Agreements -- 5. World War II Cases -- Preparing for War -- Destroyers-Bases Deal -- Nazi Saboteur Case -- Treatment of Japanese Americans -- 6. After World War II and Korea -- C. & -- S. Air Lines v. Waterman Corp. -- Deportation of Ellen Knauff -- The U.N. Charter -- Truman's Initiative in Korea -- Steel Seizure Case -- 7. State Secrets Privilege -- Aaron Burr's Trial -- The Lincoln Spy Case -- A Lawsuit by Three Widows -- Scrutiny in the Lower Courts -- The Supreme Court Decides -- The Accident Report Becomes Public -- Continued Reliance -- 8. Eisenhower to Johnson -- Eisenhower's Philosophy -- Covert Actions Against Iran and Guatemala -- Area Resolutions -- Bay of Pigs and Groupthink -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Involvement in Vietnam -- Tonkin Gulf Resolution -- Escalating the Vietnam War -- 9. Nixon-Ford Administrations -- National Commitments Resolution -- Warrantless Domestic Surveillance.
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Additional Edition:
9780700624676
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780700624676
Language:
English
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