Conservatives in Power The Task of Governing

Name: Conservatives in Power The Task of Governing
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ISBN: 9780029086810

ISBN-10: 0029086817

ISBN-13: 9780029086810

Edition: 1992

Authors: Terry Eastland

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Eastland argues that recent Republican administrations have shied away from exercising the powers granted to the president by the US Constitution. He claims that a more forceful implementation of presidential power would increase governmental efficacy and efficiency.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 8/31/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Terry Eastland is Publisher, President, and CEO of The American Spectator & The American Spectator Online, a contributor to "The Rule of Law" column in the Wall Street Journal and author of Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice (Basic Books, 1996).



Conservatives in Power and the Strong Presidency


The President and Congress


Speaking from the Bully Pulpit: The Rhetoric of Recommendation


Tax Reform: Reagan's Right Rhetoric


"No New Taxes": The "Processed" President


Vetoes and Signing Statements: The President at "Presentment"


Self-Defense, Please: The Independent Counsel Mess


Congress Against the President: Reagan, Nicaragua, and the Boland Amendments


The Policy Power of the Veto Power: Bush and the "Quota" Bill


The Powers of Persuasion: Bush and Congress v. Saddam Hussein


The President and the Executive Branch


Picking the Instruments of Execution: The President and Personnel


Changing the Status Quo: Rules, Reorganization, Coordination


Litigating the Agenda: Argument in the Courts


Policy Muddle: Reagan and Quotas


Strategic Leadership: Reagan, the Fallacy of "Cabinet Government," and the NSC


Executive Ethics: A Presidential Responsibility


Bad Behavior Rewarded: The Stockman Story


Non-Energy and Irresponsibility: Iran-Contra


The President and the Appointment of Judges


How (and How Not) to Select a Justice: Scalia, Ginsburg, and O'Connor


Confirmation Lessons: Bork, Souter, Thomas


A New Judge Every Eight Days: Selecting the Lower Judiciary


A Matter of Opinions: Jurisprudential Legacy


The Strong Presidency and Presidential Leadership


The Constitution of the United States of America


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index