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Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

The Deep State and the Unitary Executive

By: Stephen Skowronek,John A. Dearborn,Desmond King

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Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

The Deep State and the Unitary Executive

By: Stephen Skowronek,John A. Dearborn,Desmond King

The American people have been enlisted in an eerie face-off, one all the more nightmarish for the way the competing specters play off one another. On one side is a Deep State conspiracy that threatens to thwart the will of the people and undercut the constitutional authority of the leader they elected. On the other side is a raw personalization of power, one that a theory of the unitary executive has gussied up and allowed to run roughshod over reason and the rule of law. These, we submit, are the phantom twins of a beleaguered republic. Each threat implicates the other in every central controversy of the Trump era. Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic argues that the Deep State and the unitary executive are two sides of the same syndrome, that the contest they frame speaks to basic issues of governance long suppressed, and that two distinct conceptions of authority are now drawing each other out to no good effect. The worry is that, left untamed, these phantom twins will continue to pull American government apart"--

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305

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0197543081

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9780197543085

Power Shifts

Congress and Presidential Representation

By: John A. Dearborn

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Power Shifts

Congress and Presidential Representation

By: John A. Dearborn

That the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of Congress to remake the presidency and testing the adaptability of American constitutional government. The emergence of the modern presidency in the first half of the twentieth century transformed the American government. But surprisingly, presidents were not the primary driving force of this change—Congress was. Through a series of statutes, lawmakers endorsed presidential leadership in the legislative process and augmented the chief executive’s organizational capacities. But why did Congress grant presidents this power? In Power Shifts, John A. Dearborn shows that legislators acted on the idea that the president was the best representative of the national interest. Congress subordinated its own claims to stand as the nation’s primary representative institution and designed reforms that assumed the president was the superior steward of all the people. In the process, Congress recast the nation’s chief executive as its chief representative. As Dearborn demonstrates, the full extent to which Congress’s reforms rested on the idea of presidential representation was revealed when that notion’s validity was thrown into doubt. In the 1970s, Congress sought to restore its place in a rebalanced system, but legislators also found that their earlier success at institutional reinvention constrained their efforts to reclaim authority. Chronicling the evolving relationship between the presidency and Congress across a range of policy areas, Power Shifts exposes a fundamental dilemma in an otherwise proud tradition of constitutional adaptation.

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347

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University of Chicago Press

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022679797X

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9780226797977

Kentucky Real Estate Basics

By: Dearborn Trade

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Kentucky Real Estate Basics

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These laws have been enacted to protect the public--buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants--from dishonest, careless, or unethical practices by real estate licensees.

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Dearborn Real Estate

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0793158273

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9780793158270

Michigan Real Estate Basics

By: Dearborn Trade

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Michigan Real Estate Basics

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This book can help! Specially designed for Michigan, Real Estate Basics has all of the information you need to pass your exam the first time. Book jacket.

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118

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Dearborn Real Estate

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079315829X

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9780793158294

Eleanor Roosevelt

A Life in American History

By: Keri F. Dearborn

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Eleanor Roosevelt

A Life in American History

By: Keri F. Dearborn

Eleanor Roosevelt was an American influencer. Using her own words, personal documents, past perspectives, and new biographical research, this book introduces young adult readers to Roosevelt not only within her own historical context, but connected to contemporary issues. Using Eleanor Roosevelt's own words, personal correspondences, private documents, and a wide range of past perspectives and new biographical research, this book tells the intimate story of a real woman who struggled with a lack of self confidence but built a supportive network of like-minded activist women to realize change. One hundred years ago, Roosevelt was drawn into politics and public service by events that seem ripped from current events—an opiate crisis, a global pandemic, unsafe working conditions for immigrant women, and the human costs of war. Roosevelt's story mirrors the challenges of the 21st century and offers real examples of how change is possible. For students of history, politics, and women's studies, this book brings together past perspectives with new biographical scholarship, primary resources, and Roosevelt's own words to understand the female role models who shaped her and how Roosevelt in turn built a women's network of friends and activists that changed U.S. politics and society.

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308

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440873933

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9781440873935

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