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Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Challenges the argument that court-packing will politicize the Court and undermine its institutional legitimacy, arguing that the "law-politics dichotomy" is a myth because politics always has and always will influence Supreme Court decision-making"--
Author
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the centuries since the founding of the republic, there have been notable challenges to presidential authority. Among these are investigations, designed to seek out and uproot abuses of executive power. They are built on a system of institutions, laws, and policies that govern how our nation protects itself from corruption and tyranny. Even today, we see this system at work in controversies and scandals that appear in the media almost daily. The...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The very word "czar" seems inappropriate in a constitutional republic, but it has come to describe any executive branch official who has significant authority over a policy area, works independently of agency or Department heads, and is not confirmed by the Senate--or subject to congressional oversight. Mitchel Sollenberger and Mark Rozell provide the first comprehensive overview of presidential czars, tracing the history of the position from its...
53) The failure of the founding fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"The United States government is strong. But no single person has all that power. What do you know about checks and balances? Discover the roles of the three branches of government, how their power is divided, and the systems that stop any one part of government from getting too strong. It's key social studies curriculum made approachable for all!"--
55) Constitution
Publisher
Foundation for the U.S. Constitution
Pub. Date
1988-c1995
Language
English
Description
These magazines contain articles and stories by well-known figures and authorities in their fields; with historic paintings and illustrations, early photographs, original accounts and more primary sources which convey how much the Constitution shaped America.