The U.S. Presidency: Power, Responsibility, and Accountability

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The U.S. Presidency: Power, Responsibility, and Accountability

Edited by E. Thomas Sullivan · Richard W. Painter
Cambridge University Press December 2025

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9781009521994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2025
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Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In The U.S. Presidency, E. Thomas Sullivan and Richard W. Painter examine the evolving state of presidential power in the United States, specifically facilitating discussion and debate concerning the power, responsibility, and accountability of U.S. Presidents. How is power acquired? How is it used or misused? How are the President's powers checked and how are they held accountable to and by the people? Rather than promote a single theory of presidential power, Sullivan and Painter answer these questions with a wide range of arguments for and against power in a broad number of circumstances and Supreme Court holdings.

Grounded in the intersection of law, politics, and history, this book engages readers across disciplines, helping them understand the remarkable transformation of the United States presidency. Objective and timely, The U.S. Presidency makes a case for a democratic model of self-government centered on accountability and the rule of law.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I. Presidential Power:
1. The vesting of executive power
2. The president and the administrative state
3. The president as commander in chief
4. The president at home: the president and congress
5. Presidential pardons: for others and self?
6. Presidential emergency powers
7. Other presidential powers
8. The president and the alien enemies act
9. Does the president have the power to void birthright citizenship?
Part I. Conclusion

Part II. Responsibility:
10. Responsibility and duty under the 'Take Care' clause
11. Financial and political conflicts of interests of the president
12. Corruption in the presidency
13. Taking care of federal lands
Part II. Conclusion

Part III. Accountability:
14. Impeaching the president
15. Suing the president
16. Prosecuting the president
17. Investigating the president
18. Presidential term limits
Part III. Conclusion

Epilogue
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