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Debating the presidency : conflicting perspectives on the American executive / edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States.
- Presidents.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 253 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- 1 Resolved, the framers of the Constitution would approve of the modern presidency 1
- Pro: David Nichols 3
- Con: Terri Bimes 8
- 2 Resolved, political parties should nominate candidates for the presidency through a national primary 14
- Pro: Michael Nelson 17
- Con: Andrew E. Busch 23
- 3 Resolved, the president should be elected directly by the people 31
- Pro: Burdett Loomis 33
- Con: Byron E. Shafer 39
- 4 Resolved, the Twenty-second Amendment should be repealed 48
- Pro: David Karol 50
- Con: Thomas E. Cronin 56
- 5 Resolved, the media are too hard on presidents 64
- Pro: Matthew R. Kerbel 66
- Con: Bartholomew H. Sparrow 73
- 6 Resolved, the president is a more authentic representative of the American people than is Congress 82
- Pro: Marc J. Hetherington 84
- Con: Richard J. Ellis 94
- 7 Resolved, presidents have usurped the war power that rightfully belongs to Congress 100
- Pro: Nancy Kassop 103
- Con: Richard M. Pious 110
- 8 Resolved, fighting the war on terrorism requires relaxing checks on presidential power 120
- Pro: John Yoo 123
- Con: Louis Fisher 129
- 9 Resolved, presidential signing statements threaten to undermine the rule of law and the separation of powers 137
- Pro: Peter M. Shane 140
- Con: Nelson Lund 147
- 10 Resolved, the president has too much power in the selection of judges 154
- Pro: David A. Yalof 156
- Con: John Anthony Maltese 163
- 11 Resolved, the vice presidency should be abolished 170
- Pro: Douglas L. Kriner 172
- Con: Joel K. Goldstein 179
- 12 Resolved, a president's personal attributes are the best predictors of performance in the White House 187
- Pro: Fred I. Greenstein 190
- Con: Stephen Skowronek 197
- 13 Resolved, great presidents are agents of democratic change 209
- Pro: Marc Landy 211
- Con: Bruce Miroff 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781604265651
- 1604265655
- OCLC:
- 426390736
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