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Presidential Powers Revisited: An Analysis Of The Constitutional Powers Of The Executive And Legislative Branches Over The Reorganization And Conduct Of The Executive Branch, Alexandra R. Harrington Dec 2007

Presidential Powers Revisited: An Analysis Of The Constitutional Powers Of The Executive And Legislative Branches Over The Reorganization And Conduct Of The Executive Branch, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Presidential Powers Revisited: An Analysis of the Constitutional Powers of the Executive and Legislative Branches Over the Reorganization and Conduct of the Executive Branch.

Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

Two hundred eighteen years after George Washington was elected to serve as the first President of the United States, the Constitutional Framers would likely be heartened to know that over a dozen people are vying for the right to run as their party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming 2008 presidential election. However, these same Framers would likely be severely disheartened to learn that the powers and responsibilities assigned to the executive …


Executive Parity: How The Structure Of Executive Branches At The City, State, And Federal Level Impacts Presidents And Presidential Candidates., Alexandra R. Harrington Dec 2007

Executive Parity: How The Structure Of Executive Branches At The City, State, And Federal Level Impacts Presidents And Presidential Candidates., Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Executive Parity: How the Structure of Executive Branches at the City, State, and Federal Level Impacts Presidents and Presidential Candidates.

Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq.

With the specter of the 2008 presidential election already upon the electorate and daily reminders of its importance and the multitude of candidates seeking office broadcast through the media, there is perhaps no better time to examine the types of institutional structures which give presidential candidates the greatest exposure to and experience in the powers, obligations, and identity of an executive in our three branch system of government. Without examining personalities or specific issues that …