Book contents
- We Hold These Truths
- We Hold These Truths
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Updating the Framers
- 2 The People
- 3 Selling Policy
- 4 The Public Forum
- 5 Mass Democracy
- 6 The “Extended Republic”
- 7 Making Law
- 8 Implementing Law
- 9 Interpreting Law
- 10 Democracy Evolving
- Appendix A Community-Based Redistricting Algorithm
- References
- Index
8 - Implementing Law
The Executive
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2023
Book contents
- We Hold These Truths
- We Hold These Truths
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Updating the Framers
- 2 The People
- 3 Selling Policy
- 4 The Public Forum
- 5 Mass Democracy
- 6 The “Extended Republic”
- 7 Making Law
- 8 Implementing Law
- 9 Interpreting Law
- 10 Democracy Evolving
- Appendix A Community-Based Redistricting Algorithm
- References
- Index
Summary
The chapter begins by describing the presidents relations with Congress, backed the threat of presidential vetoes on one side and impeachment on the other. It then traces the rise of the federal bureaucracy as an independent policymaker, asking whether and to what extent presidential power, rule of law norms, and bureaucratic incentives can ensure broadly democratic outcomes. The chapter concludes with a detailed discussion of the Presidents War Powers, the dynamics of wartime elections, and the Executives alarming authority to impose emergency measures without Congress.
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- We Hold These TruthsUpdating the Framers' Vision of American Democracy, pp. 248 - 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023