The Presidency and the Law

by Adler, David Gray; Genovese, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780700611942
• ISBN10: 0700611940
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas

Summary

Political scandals have always demonstrated the capacity of our executive officials for self-inflicted injuries, and the Clinton administration was no exception. Unilateral war-making, claims of executive privilege and immunity, and last-minute pardons all tested the limits of presidential power, while the excesses of the Special Prosecutor cast doubts on available remedies. For eight years, Republicans and Democrats engaged in guerrilla warfare aimed at destroying the careers and lives of their adversaries, while tests of presidential power were resolved by the courts, resulting in a reshaping of the scope and power of the presidency itself.

This book examines the many controversial and important battles that led to the shrinking of the presidency under the law during the Clinton administration. Located at the intersection of law and politics, it helps readers understand the dramatic changes that took place in the relationship of presidential power to the law during the Clinton years and shows how one president's actions -- and congressional and legal reacti

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
Foreword: The Presidency and the Law	xi
Thomas E. Cronin
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
Expansion and Contraction: Clinton's Impact on the Scope of Presidential Power	1	(18)
Nancy Kassop
Clinton, the Constitution, and the War Power	19	(39)
David Gray Adler
The Clinton Legacy: An Old (or New) Understanding of Executive Privilege?	58	(17)
Mark J. Rozell
The Pardon Power Under Clinton: Tested but Intact	75	(14)
Michael A. Genovese
Kristine Almquist
The Independent Counsel and the Post-Clinton Presidency	89	(19)
Robert J. Spitzer
Executive Immunity for the Post-Clinton Presidency	108	(27)
Evan Gerstmann
Christopher Shortell
In the Wake of 1996: Clinton's Legacy for Presidential Campaign Finance	135	(20)
Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
The Impeachment of Bill Clinton	155	(20)
David Gray Adler
Nancy Kassop
The Condition of the Presidency: Clinton in Context	175	(17)
David Gray Adler
Epilogue: Constitutional Violence	192	(19)
Louis Fisher
Selected Bibliography	211	(4)
About the Contributors	215	(2)
Index	217