The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo ISBN: 9780300145380
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo
ISBN: 9780300145380
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English

This book is the first to undertake a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive. This theory-that the Constitution gives the president the power to remove and control all policy-making subordinates in the executive branch-has been the subject of heated debate since the Reagan years. To determine whether the Constitution creates a strongly unitary executive, Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo look at the actual practice of all forty-three presidential administrations, from George Washington to George W. Bush. They argue that all presidents have been committed proponents of the theory of the unitary executive, and they explore the meaning and implications of this finding.

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This book is the first to undertake a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive. This theory-that the Constitution gives the president the power to remove and control all policy-making subordinates in the executive branch-has been the subject of heated debate since the Reagan years. To determine whether the Constitution creates a strongly unitary executive, Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo look at the actual practice of all forty-three presidential administrations, from George Washington to George W. Bush. They argue that all presidents have been committed proponents of the theory of the unitary executive, and they explore the meaning and implications of this finding.

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