02781cam a2200337 a 4500 91257 20230410121030.0 090710s2010 dcu b 000 0 eng 2009028520 (OCoLC)ocn426390736 DLC DLC BTCTA W2U 437300405 9781604265651 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1604265655 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)426390736 (OCoLC)437300405 JK 516 D286 2010 352.230973 Debating the presidency : conflicting perspectives on the American executive / edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson. 2a ed. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2010. xviii, 253 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Resolved, the framers of the Constitution would approve of the modern presidency / pro, David Nichols ; con, Terri Bimes -- 2. Resolved, political parties should nominate candidates for the presidency through a national primary / pro, Michael Nelson ; con, Andrew E. Busch -- 3. Resolved, the president should be elected directly by the people / pro, Burdett Loomis ; con, Byron E. Shafer -- 4. Resolved, the twenty-second amendment should be repealed / pro, David Karol ; con, Thomas E. Cronin -- 5. Resolved, the media are too hard on presidents / pro, Matthew R. Kerbel ; con, Bartholomew H. Sparrow -- 6. Resolved, the president is a more authentic representative of the American people than is Congress / pro, Marc J. Hetherington ; con, Richard J. Ellis -- 7. Resolved, presidents have usurped the war power that rightfully belongs to Congress / pro, Nancy Kassop ; con, Richard M. Pious -- 8. Resolved, fighting the War on Terrorism requires relaxing checks on presidential power / pro, John Yoo ; con, Louis Fisher -- 9. Resolved, presidential signing statements threaten to undermine the rule of law and the separation of powers / pro, Peter M. Shane ; con, Nelson Lund -- 10. Resolved, the president has too much power in the selection of judges / pro, David A. Yalof ; con, John Anthony Maltese -- 11. Resolved, the vice presidency should be abolished / pro, Douglas L. Kriner ; con, Joel K. Goldstein -- 12. Resolved, a president's personal attributes are the best predictors of performance in the White House / pro, Fred I. Greenstein ; con, Stephen Skowronek -- 13. Resolved, great presidents are agents of democratic change / pro, Marc Landy ; con, Bruce Miroff. Executive power United States. Presidents United States. Ellis, Richard (Richard J.) Nelson, Michael, 1949- Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0008557205 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 56573 56573 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JK 516 D286 2010 00000084319 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk