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020			_a9780700619771
020			_z9780700619221 (hardback : alk. paper)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aKF5053 _b.A87 2013
082	0	0	_a342.73/062 _223
100	1		_aAlvis, J. David, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe contested removal power, 1789-2010 _h[electronic resource] / _cJ. David Alvis, Jeremy D. Bailey, and F. Flagg Taylor IV.
260			_aLawrence, Kansas : _bUniversity Press of Kansas, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 260 pages )
490	0		_aAmerican political thought
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Decision of 1789 -- 2. From Responsibility to Rotation -- 3. Jackson to Johnson: The Rise of Congressional Delegation -- 4. The Revenge of Executive Power: From the Tenure of Office Act to Myers v. United States -- 5. The Progressive Era and Independent Regulatory Commissions -- 6. The New Unitarians -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
520			_a"Does the president or Congress have the power to remove executive officials? Because the U.S. Constitution is silent on this issue, it has been an ongoing source of political controversy and legal debate since the founding. Without trying to answer definitively this perennial question, the authors examine the power to remove since 1789 as both a marker of and key to understanding the expansions and contractions of executive power throughout American political and constitutional development"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"The U.S. Constitution is clear on the appointment of executive officials: the president nominates, the Senate approves. But on the question of removing those officials, the Constitution is silent--although that silence has not discouraged strenuous efforts to challenge, censure, and even impeach presidents from Andrew Jackson to Bill Clinton. As J. David Alvis, Jeremy D. Bailey, and Flagg Taylor show, the removal power has always been and continues to be a thorny issue, especially as presidential power has expanded dramatically during the past century. Linking this provocative issue to American political and constitutional development, the authors recount removal power debate from the Founding to the present day. Understanding the historical context of outbreaks in the debate, they contend, is essential to sorting out the theoretical claims from partisan maneuvering and sectional interests, enabling readers to better understand the actual constitutional questions involved. After a detailed review of the Decision of 1789, the book examines the initial assertions of executive power theory, particularly by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, then the rise of the argument for congressional delegation, beginning with the Whigs and ending with the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. The authors chronicle the return of executive power theory in the efforts of Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Cleveland, who all battled with Congress over removals, then describe the emergence of new institutional arrangements with the creation of independent regulatory commissions. They conclude by tracking the rise of the unitarians and the challenges that this school has posed to the modern administrative state. Although many scholars consider the matter to have been settled in 1789, the authors argue that a Supreme Court case as recent as 2010--Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board--shows the extent to which questions surrounding removal power remain unresolved and demand more attention. Their work offers a more nuanced and balanced account of the debate, teasing out the logic of the different institutional perspectives on this important constitutional question as no previous book has"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aExecutive power _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xOfficials and employees _xDismissal of.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aTaylor, F. Flagg, _eauthor.
700	1		_aBailey, Jeremy D., _d1974- _eauthor.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780700619771/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34493 _d34493