Presidential Studies Quarterly articles from March 2007

Presidential Studies Quarterly archives from March 2007

Invoking inherent powers: a primer.(INTRODUCTION)
March 1, 2007... This special issue was organized to give scholars of different disciplines and persuasions an opportunity to analyze the nature and scope of the president's power to exercise inherent authorities. What is the origin and legitimacy of this type...

Presidential authority to gather foreign intelligence.
March 1, 2007... President George W. Bush has claimed inherent constitutional power to target American citizens on American soil for warrantless electronic surveillance or physical searches by the National Security Agency (NSA) in defiance of the Foreign...

Inherent presidential power and constitutional structure.
March 1, 2007... In introducing this volume, Louis Fisher draws a distinction between inherent presidential power and implied presidential power. By inherent power, he means "powers over and above those explicitly granted in the Constitution or reasonably to be...

The Commander in Chief and the courts.
March 1, 2007... The Bush administration claims to have sweeping, inherent, and unchecked war powers to conduct its war against terror. In 2002, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel argued that "Congress could no more regulate the President's...

Inherent war and executive powers and prerogative politics.
March 1, 2007... When delegates discussed executive power at the Constitutional Convention and at state ratifying conventions, they talked about senatorial conspiracies with the president to weaken the House, or of presidential usurpations, or of the "vortex"...

Taking the prerogative out of the presidency: an originalist perspective.
March 1, 2007... On Bastille Day, 2005, the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee held hearings on the subject of "Military Justice and Detention Policy in the War on Terror." Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) chaired, and witnesses for the...

Presidential power and national security.
March 1, 2007... This issue of Presidential Studies Quarterly examines the powers of the president of the United States to deal with issues of national security. The attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001 led to claims and actions concerning...

The contemporary presidency: the greats and the great debate: President William J. Clinton's use of presidential exemplars.
March 1, 2007... On January 23, 2006, a person at a town hall meeting asked President George W. Bush: What's the best way that you go about preparing yourself for attacks on your character, and how do you deal with others in those matters? President...

The law: presidential inherent power: the "sole organ" doctrine.
March 1, 2007... In a series of confidential memos written after 9/11, later released to the public, the Justice Department wrote: "We conclude that the Constitution vests the President with the plenary authority, as Commander in Chief and the sole organ of the...

The polls: cabinet member and presidential approval.
March 1, 2007... The choosing of ministers is a matter of no little importance for a prince; and their worth depends on the sagacity of the prince himself. --Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (quoted in Keohane 2005) To what extent are performance...

Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity. By Mary E. Stuckey. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. 413 pp. One week after Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama and led to the evacuation...

The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy. By Bruce Ackerman. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005. 384 pp. In The Failure of the Founding Fathers, Bruce...

The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. By Elizabeth Edwards Spaulding. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006. 314 pp. As the United States has stumbled in its attempts to...

Executive Orders and the Modern Presidency: Legislating from the Oval Office.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Executive Orders and the Modern Presidency: Legislating from the Oval Office. By Adam L. Warber. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2006. 175 pp. The presidency of George W. Bush has proved a boon for presidency scholars who are interested in the...

Housing Segregation in Suburban America Since 1960: Presidential and Judicial Politics.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Housing Segregation in Suburban America Since 1960: Presidential and Judicial Politics. By Charles M. Lamb. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 302 pp. In Housing Segregation in Suburban America Since 1960, Charles Lamb opens a...

Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology. Edited By Tarla Rai Peterson. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. 304 pp. The issue of presidential rhetoric has been examined extensively by...

The 2004 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... The 2004 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective. Edited By Robert E. Denton, Jr. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 356 pp. Similar to his three previous edited volumes, Robert E. Denton, Jr. seeks to help readers "better...

Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory. By Benjamin Hufbauer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. 270 pp. The Presidential Library System is composed of eleven presidential libraries and the Nixon...