The Semi-Sovereign Presidency: The Bush Administration's Strategy for Governing Without Congress

by Charles Tiefer

In The Semi-Sovereign Presidency, Capitol Hill insider Charles Tiefer shows how George Bush used the executive office to circumvent Congress, thwart official Washington, and confound the public will. Even Bush partisans may be surprised to discover the president's unprecedented use of executive signing statements to modify or, in effect, abrogate acts of Congress--even popular, bipartisan efforts like the 1991 Civil Rights Act; his commissioning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367295741
• ISBN13: 9780367295745
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.