The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution

by Michael W McConnell and Michael W. McConnell

Book Overview

Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent--and limits--of presidential power

One of the most vexing questions for the framers of the Constitution was how to create a vigorous and independent executive without making him king. In today's divided public square, presidential power has never been more contested. The President Who Would Not Be King cuts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691207526
• ISBN13: 9780691207520
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"