You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Examines constitutional innovations related to executive power made by each of the nation's forty-four presidents.
A scathing critique of President Bush's legal advisors, who expanded the reach of his executive powers while creating highly controversial policies for fighting the War on Terror. Argues that these advisors, blinded by ideology, provided largely bad legal advice that caused great harm, and ultimately was unnecessary for national security.
None
The Harvard Law Review, January 2015, No. 3 of Volume 128, is offered in a digital edition. Contents include: • Article, “Uncovering Coordinated Interagency Adjudication,” by Bijal Shah • Note, “Deference and the Federal Arbitration Act: The NLRB’s Determination of Substantive Statutory Rights” • Note, “Education Policy Litigation as Devolution” • Note, “Physically Intrusive Abortion Restrictions as Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures” • Note, “Copyright Reform and the Takings Clause” In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases and policy resolutions, including such subjects as constitutional protection for teacher tenure, suspicionle...
Two phenomena are of central interest in the nine contributions that make up this volume: one is the question of power and its multiple forms, and the other is that geographical, political and cultural multifaceted unity we call the ‘the Americas’. The book is a multidisciplinary effort, written by scholars from the fields of history, political science, anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, who all share an interest in the ways in which power is projected in the Americas. Some contributors focus on the sources of power, while others are more concerned with how it is presented and legitimized by those who hold it. Likewise, some investigate the relations between government and citizens, while others look at more informal structures of power. Common to all contributions, however, is that they attempt to trace the forms that political and social power take in different American contexts – from the highest echelons of political power in Washington, D.C. to the local politics of a small village in Mexico. Common to all contributions is a nuanced exploration of the various manifestations of political and social power in the Americas.
Five bills were discussed at this hearing: (1) S. 1050, which would allow the court to accept voluntary services and gifts and bequests; (2) H. R. 153, which would make certain technical amendments and modify various provisions relating to the court's operations and administration; (3) S. 868, which would improve educational benefits for active duty servicemembers and reservists who served during the Persian Gulf War; and (4) S. 1095 and (5) H.R. 1578, both of which would revise reemployment rights laws. Testimony included statements and prepared statements from the following: U.S. Senators Cranston, Jeffords, Simpson, Specter, and Thurman and individuals representing the University of Texas...
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. By examining the executive actions of American presidents, particularly after World War II, Fisher reveals how the Supreme Court, through errors and abdications, has expanded presidential power in external affairs beyond constitutional boundaries—and damaged the n...