The Oath And The Office A Guide To The Constitution For Future Presidents

Author : Corey Brettschneider
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393652130
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents written by Corey Brettschneider and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A cleareyed, accessible, and informative primer: vital reading for all Americans." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Can the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? Is it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a president’s executive order? In today’s fraught political climate, it often seems as if we must become constitutional law scholars just to understand the news from Washington, let alone make a responsible decision at the polls. The Oath and the Office is the book we need, right now and into the future, whether we are voting for or running to become president of the United States. Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powers—and limits—that it places on the presidency. From the document itself and from American history’s most famous court cases, we learn why certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits those powers, and what “we the people” can do to influence the nation’s highest public office—including, if need be, removing the person in it. In these brief yet deeply researched chapters, we meet founding fathers such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, as well as key figures from historic cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Korematsu v. United States. Brettschneider breathes new life into the articles and amendments that we once read about in high school civics class, but that have real impact on our lives today. The Oath and the Office offers a compact, comprehensive tour of the Constitution, and empowers all readers, voters, and future presidents with the knowledge and confidence to read and understand one of our nation’s most important founding documents.

Author : Corey Brettschneider
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525506780
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Impeachment written by Corey Brettschneider and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short, accessible collection of key historic writings about presidential impeachment, as part of a new Penguin Classics series on liberty and constitutional rights. A Penguin Classic With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.

Author : Corey Brettschneider
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143135155
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Speech written by Corey Brettschneider and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government. Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech. A Penguin Classic With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.

Author : Thomas P. Crocker
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300181612
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Necessity written by Thomas P. Crocker and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument for why emergencies are no excuse for extralegal action by presidents Using emergency as a cause for action ultimately leads to an almost unnoticed evolution in the political understanding of presidential powers. The Constitution, however, was designed to function under "states of exception," most notably through the separation of powers, and provides ample internal checks on emergency actions taken under claims of necessity. Thomas Crocker urges Congress, the courts, and other bodies to put those checks into practice.

Author : Franklin Ellsworth Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Constitution Unabridged written by Franklin Ellsworth Parker and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527591433
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Drama of Presidential Inaugurations and Inaugural Addresses from Washington through to Biden written by John R. Vile and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every four years, and on the death of presidents, individuals take the oath of office prescribed in the US Constitution. Formal inaugurations are accompanied by pomp that originated in ancient coronation ceremonies in a celebration that thousands of people attend in person and millions follow through electronic media. After describing what such occasions from the inauguration of President George Washington through to that of Joe Biden have in common and how they have changed, this book provides a chronologically arranged summary of each such inaugural ceremony and accompanying events, as well as an analysis of each speech. Although many are largely forgotten, several such orations, including those by Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan, are rhetorical masterpieces. All addresses provide snapshots of American ideals that will interest citizens, historians, and political scientists, and be of service to reference librarians.

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440879532
Total Pages : 767 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023 [2 volumes] written by John R. Vile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading scholar of the constitutional amending process, this two-volume encyclopedia, now in its fifth edition, is an indispensable resource for students, legal historians, and high school and college librarians. This authoritative reference resource provides a history and analysis of all 27 ratified amendments to the Constitution, as well as insights and information on thousands of other amendments that have been proposed but never ratified from America's birth until the present day. The set also includes a rich bibliography of informative books, articles, and other media related to constitutional amendments and the amending process.

Author : Evan M. Berman
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1071809261
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Resource Management in Public Service written by Evan M. Berman and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, including managing under tight budgets with increasing costs, hiring freezes, contracting out, and the politicization of the civil service. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, authors Evan M. Berman, James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, and Montgomery R. Van Wart encourage active learning through various skill-building exercises and a mixture of individual, group, and in-class tasks. The Seventh Edition includes new examples on how COVID-19 has disrupted the workplace, equity and racial discord, organizational diversity, employee engagement and motivation, leadership development training, work-life balance, gender-based inequities, behavioral biases in appraisal, and unionization trends.

Author : Carlos A. Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197584489
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles Matter written by Carlos A. Ball and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federalism before Trump -- Federalism during the Trump era and beyond -- The presidency before Trump -- The presidency during the Trump era and beyond -- The First Amendment during the Trump era and beyond.

Author : Corey Brettschneider
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143135120
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hamilton written by Corey Brettschneider and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays, speeches, and letters on constitution ratification, pardoning powers, the Bank of the U.S., and foreign policy illuminate not only Hamilton’s legacy but his compelling engagement with Madison, Jefferson, and Adams, and his legendary conflict with Burr. A Penguin Classic With the Penguin Liberty series by Penguin Classics, we look to the U.S. Constitution’s text and values, as well as to American history and some of the country’s most important thinkers, to discover the best explanations of our constitutional ideals of liberty. Through these curated anthologies of historical, political, and legal classic texts, Penguin Liberty offers everyday citizens the chance to hear the strongest defenses of these ideals, engage in constitutional interpretation, and gain new (or renewed) appreciation for the values that have long inspired the nation. Questions of liberty affect both our daily lives and our country’s values, from what we can say to whom we can marry, how society views us to how we determine our leaders. It is Americans’ great privilege that we live under a Constitution that both protects our liberty and allows us to debate what that liberty should mean.