Louis Fisher (1)
Autore di Presidential War Power
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Sull'Autore
Louis Fisher, recently retired as Scholar in Residence at the Constitution Project, previously worked at the Library of Congress. His many books include Military Tribunals and Presidential Power, which won the American Political Science Association's Richard E. Neustadt Award. In 2012, he received mostra altro the APSA's Hubert H. Humphrey Award for notable public service by a political scientist. mostra meno
Opere di Louis Fisher
Military Tribunals And Presidential Power: American Revolution To The War On Terrorism (2005) 29 copie
Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) (2003) 27 copie
American Constitutional Law: Volume Two, Constitutional Rights: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (2001) 24 copie
The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive (Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series in the… (1981) 19 copie
In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power And the Reynolds Case (2006) 11 copie
American Constitutional Law, Volume One: Constitutional Structures: Separated Powers and Federalism, Eleventh Edition (1994) 11 copie
The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power (Oxford Commentaries on American Law) (2014) 4 copie
Congressional Abdication on War and Spending (Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and… (2000) 4 copie
Opere correlate
Presidential Veto: Touchstone of the American Presidency (Suny Series in Leadership Studies) (1988) — Prefazione — 3 copie
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- Opere
- 36
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- 2
- Utenti
- 428
- Popolarità
- #57,056
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- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 128
Fisher gives us an overview of how the war-making powers were increasingly encroached upon by presidents, often aided and abetted by overreaching Supreme Courts. There are some exceptions--Fisher mentions about how President Cleveland actually resisted a bellicose Congress who wanted to declare war against Spain contrary to his wished, and Fisher praises President Eisenhower for the way he consulted and sought the approval of Congress for military actions (although his record in covert actions was different). All in all, ever since President Truman and the Korean War, presidents have gone well beyond what the Congress authorized and have tried to push their powers beyond constitutional limits. Fisher makes several proposals to curb the abuses.
And Fisher is still around. I found this article arguing against giving Obama too much scope in Syria.… (altro)