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Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court reflects the substantial changes in the makeup of the High Court and landmark rulings from recent Court terms. No other reference on the Court offers so much detail and insight in such a readable format. This classic resource explains everything readers need to know about the Supreme Court, from its origins and how it functions to the people who have shaped it and the impact of its decisions on American life and the path of U.S. constitutional law. Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court’s entire history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights and liberties; and biographies of the justices.
Chapter 5. The Court and the Powers of the President
Chapter 5. The Court and the Powers of the President
The Constitution created not only a new national government, but also a new type of national leader in the president of the United States. The framers of the Constitution knew all about the British monarchy and, from history, the Roman emperors. Having just broken free from England, they did not wish to recreate on the American continent an ...
