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The Legislator-In-Chief, Vasan Kesavan, J. Gregory Sidak
The Legislator-In-Chief, Vasan Kesavan, J. Gregory Sidak
William & Mary Law Review
The State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses of Article II, Section 3provide that the President "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. "Those thirty-one words envision the President as the lead active participant in the embryonic stages of the making of laws. Eight separate principles animate the President's legislative duties and powers before the presentment process. When the State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses are seen to have this textual and analytical subtlety, they reveal …
Yet Another Constitutional Crisis?, Keith E. Whittington
Yet Another Constitutional Crisis?, Keith E. Whittington
William & Mary Law Review
The recent presidential impeachment and the postelection controversy each led many to fear that the United States had either already entered or was about to enter a constitutional crisis. Such concerns seem overwrought. This Article will use those events as a foil for examining the nature of constitutional crises. The Article will distinguish two types of constitutional crises and consider several potential crises in American history, clarifying how crises occur and how they can be averted. Constitutional crises in the United States are rare in large part because of the robustness of the country's informal constitutional practices, reasonably good constitutional …
John Marshall, Mcculloch V. Maryland, And "We The People": Revisions In Need Of Revising, Martin S. Flaherty
John Marshall, Mcculloch V. Maryland, And "We The People": Revisions In Need Of Revising, Martin S. Flaherty
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Power In The Constitutional Theory Of James Madison, Jack N. Rakove
Judicial Power In The Constitutional Theory Of James Madison, Jack N. Rakove
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
John Marshall: Remarks Of October 6, 2000, William H. Rehnquist
John Marshall: Remarks Of October 6, 2000, William H. Rehnquist
William & Mary Law Review
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Congressional Power Over Presidential Elections: Lessons From The Past And Reforms For The Future, Dan T. Coenen, Edward J. Larson
Congressional Power Over Presidential Elections: Lessons From The Past And Reforms For The Future, Dan T. Coenen, Edward J. Larson
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.