The evolving presidency : : landmark documents, 1787-2015 /

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 1483368564 (pbk. ; alk. paper); 9781483368566 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
• Title: The evolving presidency : : landmark documents, 1787-2015 /
• Edition: Fifth edition.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Thousand Oaks, California : : CQ Press,
• Publication Date: [2016]
• Extent: xviii, 309 pages ; ; 23 cm
• Contributor: Michael Nelson, editor Rhodes College.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): n-us---
• Text Language Code: eng
• NDC 10th ed.: 312.53 : Political history and conditions
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): Preface : a user's guide to The Evolving Presidency -- Topical guide to the documents -- 1. Notes of the Federal Convention (1787) / James Madison : offers an account of the convention's decision to create a unitary rather than a plural executive -- 2. The Constitution (1787) : the presidency, the main innovation of the Constitutional Convention, is created and its structure and powers outlined -- 3. Anti-federalist essays : Objections to this constitution of government / George Mason and Cato's Letter No. 4 (1787) : two opponents of the proposed Constitution warn against the dangers of presidential power -- 4. The Federalist Papers, Nos. 69073 (1788) / Alexander Hamilton : a Federalist supporter of the proposed Constitution defends the republican character of the presidency as an energetic office -- 5. First Inaugural Address (1789 / George Washington : establishes the model for inaugural addresses -- 6. Defense of the President's removal power (1789) / James Madison : persuades Congress that the president should be chief executive of the bureaucracy -- 7. The Pacificus-Helvidius letters (1793) / Alexander Hamilton and James Madison : debate the extent of the president's constitutional power in foreign affairs -- 8. Farewell Address (1796) : George Washington : marks his retirement from the presidency and looks ahead to the future of the nation -- 9. First Inaugural Address (1801) / Thomas Jefferson : despite the contentious way the outcome of the 1800 election is resolved, it marks the first peaceful transfer of power from one party to another -- 10. Letter to the Vermont Legislature (1807) / Thomas Jefferson : establishes the two-term tradition for presidents -- 11. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) : the primacy of the president in foreign policy making is asserted at a time when the presidency was otherwise weak -- 12. The Tennessee General Assembly's protest against the Caucus system (1823) : the stage is set for the demise of the congressional caucus-centered presidential nominating process -- 13. First message to Congress (1829) / Andrew Jackson : the first outsider president grounds his authority in "the will of the majority" -- 14. Veto of the Bank Bill (1832) / Andrew Jackson : activates the veto as a strong and effective power of the presidency -- 15. Message to Congress in Special Session (1861) / Abraham Lincoln : invokes the "war power" to justify his extralegal actions against secession -- 16. Letter to Albert G. Hodges (1864) / Abraham Lincoln : defends his use of prerogative power during the Civil War -- 17. The Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln : in an effort to give meaning to the war, invokes the Declaration of Independence"s promise of equality and self-government -- 18. Second Inaugural Address (1865) / Abraham Lincoln : invokes God's judgement on both sides in the Civil War as the basis for seeking national reconciliation -- 19. Ex parte Milligan (1866) : the Supreme Court proves more willing to curb presidential power after a war than during one -- 20. Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson (1868) : the first president to be impeached is charged with abusing the removal power and defaming Congress through intemperate rhetoric -- 21. The Pendleton Act (1883) : in the wake of a presidential assassination, Congress acts to replace the spoils system with a merit-based civil service -- 22. Why great men are not chosen president (1888) / Lord James Bryce : a British observer of American government argues that political parties and economic conditions account for the recent paucity of distinguished presidents -- 23. Theodore Roosevelt's and William Howard Taft's theories of presidential power (1913, 1916) : two former presidents debate the proper scope of presidential power and leadership -- 24. Fourteen Points / Woodrow Wilson (1918) : Wilson attempts to endow the Allied victory in world War I with a moral purpose -- 25. Myers v. United States (1926) : The supreme Court broadly interprets the president's constitutional power to remove executive branch officials -- 26. First Inaugural Address / Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933) : FDR reassures a desperate nation and asks Congress for "for broad executive power to wage war against the emergency" of economic depression -- 27. Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935) : the Supreme Court restricts the president's removal power -- 28. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) : the Supreme Court declares that the president is the nation's "sole organ in the field of international relations" -- 29. "Court-packing" Address / Franklin D. Roosevelt (1937) : FDR overreaches by attacking the Supreme Court and, int the process, sparks the creation of the "conservative coalition" in Congress -- 30. Report of the Brownlow Committee (1937) : the committee's recommendations lay the foundation for the modern White House staff.
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• OCLC No.: 2015020667; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2015020667; (OCoLC)911004600; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/(OCoLC)911004600