The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution
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The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution
By (Author) Michael W. McConnell
Preface by Stephen Macedo
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
18th January 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Government powers
Central / national / federal government policies
Constitutional and administrative law: general
352.2350973
Physical Properties
Hardback
440
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent-and limits-of presidential power One of the most vexing questions for the framers of the Constitution was how to create a vigorous and independent executive without making him king. In today's divided public square, presidential
Reviews
"Winner of the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize, Georgetown Center for the Constitution"
"Finalist for the George Washington Prize, Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and George Washingtons Mount Vernon"
Author Bio
Michael W. McConnell is the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books include Scalia's Constitution: Essays on Law and Education and Religion and the Constitution.
