The president's czars : undermining Congress and the Constitution /

The president's czars : undermining Congress and the Constitution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
Other Authors: Rozell, Mark J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
Series:Studies in government and public policy.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Powers and duties.
Executive power > United States > History.
Presidents > Staff > Selection and appointment > United States > History.
Separation of powers > United States.
United States > Officials and employees > Selection and appointment > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Czars and the U.S. Constitution
  • The origins and growth of executive branch Czars
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Czars in the modern presidency
  • Harry S Truman-Lyndon B. Johnson: consolidating the use of czars
  • Richard M. Nixon-Jimmy Carter: Congress's feeble response
  • Ronald Reagan-Bill Clinton: the reemergence of czars
  • George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the vast proliferation of czars
  • Conclusions: restoring the constitutional balance.