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This phrase comes from Justice Robert Jackson's famous opinion in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube v Sawyer case striking down President Truman's seizure of the steel mills. This phrase aptly describes the contemporary nature of presidential power, and describes the focus of this blogsite. I will post reviews of books on the presidency, articles of interest, links to newspaper/magazine/television reports, and original research.
2017-08-03 19:48
Not since the George W. Bush administration a decade ago has the presidential signing statement received the type of media coverage it is currently receiving.The signing statement traditiona… Read More
2017-08-02 19:08
Donald Trump is actually engaging in behavior that seems contradictory: He has managed to get very little legislative business done--most of the bills sent to him have originated in Congress… Read More
2016-01-13 22:54
As we prepare for the 2016 election and the start of a new presidency, the news media reports about the increase of presidential power are only starting to heat up.  If you recall back… Read More
2015-03-11 00:44
I am scratching my head over the Senate's attempted end run of the President in order to  derail whatever negotiations the president is going to make with Iran over its nuclear program… Read More
2014-04-21 01:57
President Obama has done something with his signing statements that we have not seen in previous presidents--or at least we have not seen  as consistently.  President Obama has mad… Read More
2014-02-01 04:01
A July 1998 “New York Times” article described the frustration inside the Clinton administration with the persistent gridlock in Congress. To get around the gridlock, the Clinton… Read More
2013-09-09 04:19
Sam Tanenhaus, writer at-large at the "New York Times", has penned a column in today's times that was designed to make a splash even though it is a complete misread of the power of the mode… Read More
2013-02-19 02:13
I have done my counting for President Obama's first term signing statements, and if you believe that he promised to use them in only the most extreme circumstances, than you can breathe a… Read More
2013-01-08 03:52
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013, and typical with this particular bill, the signing was accompanied with a signing statement. For those who watch th… Read More
2012-01-02 02:30
President Obama has an interesting definition of transparency.  For claiming to be on the up and up, he has been awfully cagey when it comes to things he does not want the public or the… Read More
2011-12-31 04:34
Back in 2008, The Boston Globe ran a series of questions by the candidates for the nomination for the presidency, seeking their views on executive power. Now this time around, it is The New… Read More
2011-12-25 03:38
The Obama administration has been hyping all week a potential signing statement to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. TPM reports on the 21st, in a question to a reporter from… Read More
2011-11-07 01:51
Tomorrow, Monday November 7, 2011 is the day those of us who follow the signing statement have been waiting for, because this is the day the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the dec… Read More
2011-06-17 02:48
The Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee reported their appropriations bill funding most of government for FY 201… Read More
2011-05-14 14:01
The Christian Science Monitor has reported an interesting separation of powers battle between the president and the Congress over who sets the foreign policy for the US, and it includes t… Read More
2011-04-17 19:37
I am amused at the response to President Obama's signing statement to HR 11473--the bill that funded the government (and the DoD) through the remainder of the year. There are two response… Read More
2011-01-07 23:51
There has been a flurry of activity regarding President Obama's displeasure with the military authorization bill for 2011 that was presented to him less than a month ago. Titled the "Ike… Read More
2010-10-09 03:18
It is too bad that Chad Pergram does not look past his own newsroom for his discussion on Obama's purported pocket veto, for if he did, he would have quoted Professor Robert Spitzer, whose w… Read More
2010-10-02 15:44
Since George W. Bush made the signing statement popular, more and more state governors have begun to take advantage of heightened press attention to the device to attract additional press… Read More
2010-06-28 18:07
The Kagan nomination hearings have begun and while much of the media attention has focused on the politics of the hearings (while acknowledging that her confirmation is a foregone conclusi… Read More
2010-06-04 21:52
For those who want to peek behind the curtain of the White House--to see how decisions get made--then there is no better time than when a President releases records from his administration… Read More
2010-05-11 19:20
The good folks working for Missouri Senator Jason Crowell (R) have shared with me a letter they sent to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (D) imploring him to move forward with judicial… Read More
2010-05-07 02:40
But not what you think.There is a separation of powers battle going on right now in Missouri, and the signing statement is right at the center of it. If you are confused, then let me expl… Read More
2010-02-16 01:59
This book review of Gary Wills's new book on executive power is emblematic of why my attempts to make the unitary executive theory mainstream will probably never happen.The book, Bomb Power:… Read More
2010-01-15 19:24
My colleague Bryan Marshall and I have a new publication in Social Science Quarterly (March 2010) that examines the various conditions that explain the use of the presidential signing statem… Read More

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