The oath and the office a guide to the Constitution for future presidents
Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powers--and limits--that it places on the presidency. From the document itself and from American history's most famous court cases, we learn why certain powers wer...
| Main Author: | Brettschneider, Corey Lang (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The oath
- Section I. The powers of the president
- Article II and the limited presidency
- The bully pulpit
- The power to execute the laws
- The power to hire and fire
- The power to nominate Supreme Court justices
- The commander-in-chief power
- Section II. "We the people" and the Bill of Rights
- Madison and the creation of the Bill of Rights
- The First Amendment and free speech
- The First Amendment and the freedom of religion
- The Eighth Amendment and the ban on cruel and unusual punishment
- The Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments and the guarantee of equal protection of the laws
- Section. III Checks of the president
- How to stop a president
- The judicial check on a president
- Federalism
- The congressional check and impeachment
- Conclusion.