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Historical Antecedents Of The 2020 Presidential Election, Thomas H. Lee
Historical Antecedents Of The 2020 Presidential Election, Thomas H. Lee
Faculty Scholarship
Antecedenti storici dell’elezione presidenziale del 2020 – Starting from former President Trump’s speech that propelled the storm of Capitol Hill on January 6th, the article provides an historical account of the transition of powers between administrations in the past decades and centuries. The analysis, on the one hand, highlights the traditionally peaceful nature of such transitions, while, on the other, it points to the instances when disputes concerning the electoral outcome occurred.
Protecting Against An Unable President: Reforms For Invoking The 25th Amendment And Overseeing Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority, Louis Cholden-Brown, Daisy De Wolff, Marcello Figueroa, Kathleen Mccullough
Protecting Against An Unable President: Reforms For Invoking The 25th Amendment And Overseeing Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority, Louis Cholden-Brown, Daisy De Wolff, Marcello Figueroa, Kathleen Mccullough
Reports
The immense powers of the presidency and the vast array of global threats demand a physically and mentally capable president. To help ensure able presidential leadership, this report advocates reforms related to the 25th Amendment, including proposals for an “other body” to act with the vice president in certain circumstances to declare the president unable and a mechanism for officials to report concerns about the president’s capacity. The report also recommends new checks on the president’s authority to use nuclear weapons, such as procedures for notifying top national security officials when use is contemplated.
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Can The President Control The Department Of Justice?, Bruce A. Green
Can The President Control The Department Of Justice?, Bruce A. Green
Faculty Scholarship
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Response To Akhil Reed Amar's Address On Applications And Implications Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, John D. Feerick
Response To Akhil Reed Amar's Address On Applications And Implications Of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
Life has taught those of us who have lived as long as I have that the seemingly impossible can happen and that we must be prepared to deal with the unimaginable on a moment's notice. In October 1963, I wrote an article for the Fordham Law Review in which I contemplated the need for such preparations should the unimaginable indeed strike: "The problem of presidential inability has now been generally forgotten by our national legislators as well as by the public. Since we have a young, able and healthy President, all indications are that the issue will remain dormant until …
Tragic Irony Of American Federalism: National Sovereignty Versus State Sovereignty In Slavery And In Freedom, The Federalism In The 21st Century: Historical Perspectives, Robert J. Kaczorowski
Tragic Irony Of American Federalism: National Sovereignty Versus State Sovereignty In Slavery And In Freedom, The Federalism In The 21st Century: Historical Perspectives, Robert J. Kaczorowski
Faculty Scholarship
A plurality on the Supreme Court seeks to establish a state-sovereignty based theory of federalism that imposes sharp limitations on Congress's legislative powers. Using history as authority, they admonish a return to the constitutional "first principles" of the Founders. These "first principles," in their view, attribute all governmental authority to "the consent of the people of each individual state, not the consent of the undifferentiated people of the Nation as a whole." Because the people of each state are the source of all governmental power, they maintain, "where the Constitution is silent about the exercise of a particular power-that is, …
Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation And Defense, The, John D. Feerick
Twenty-Fifth Amendment: An Explanation And Defense, The, John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
In this article, Dean Feerick reviews the history of presidential succession before the Twenty-fifth Amendment's ratification, the debate and discussion leading to the amendment's adoption, and current criticisms of the amendment from the medical and political community. In particular, Feerick addresses current suggestions for the creation of an independent medical panel to determine presidential inability. He argues that such a panel would be contrary to both the principle of separation of powers and the philosophy of the Twenty-fifth Amendment that those closest to the President ,and those accountable to the public, should be entrusted with the power to declare a …
Pardoning Power Of Article Ii Of The Constitution, The , John D. Feerick
Pardoning Power Of Article Ii Of The Constitution, The , John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
Following President Gerald Ford's unconditional pardon of former President Richard Nixon on September 8, 1974, claims were made that the pardon was invalid because it came before indictment and conviction. Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski was urged to test its validity in court. Indeed, one federal judge expressed in open court the view that the public interest required the pardon's validity to be tested. The Special Prosecutor's decision not to proceed appears well founded when a review is made of the history of the President's pardoning power.
Pardoning Power Of Article Ii Of The Constitution (Continued), The , John D. Feerick
Pardoning Power Of Article Ii Of The Constitution (Continued), The , John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
Following President Gerald Ford's unconditional pardon of former President Richard Nixon on September 8, 1974, claims were made that the pardon was invalid because it came before indictment and conviction. Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski was urged to test its validity in court. Indeed, one federal judge expressed in open court the view that the public interest required the pardon's validity to be tested. The Special Prosecutor's decision not to proceed appears well founded when a review is made of the history of the President's pardoning power.
Vice Presidential Succession: In Support Of The Bayh-Celler Plan , John D. Feerick
Vice Presidential Succession: In Support Of The Bayh-Celler Plan , John D. Feerick
Faculty Scholarship
In the April, 1965, issue of the South Carolina Law Review there appeared an article by Professor George D. Haimbaugh, Jr., entitled "Vice Presidential Succession: A Criticism of the Bayh-Cellar [sic] Plan."' Professor Haimbaugh sought to demonstrate what he claimed was the "unreality" of certain arguments advanced in favor of the vice presidential succession feature of the proposed twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution. The arguments to which he addressed himself were "that this constitutional change is urgently needed, that the presidential initiative is necessary to insure continuity of executive policy, and that the requirements of congressional ratification will secure a …
Problem Of Presidential Inability - It Must Be Solved Now, The, John D. Feerick
Problem Of Presidential Inability - It Must Be Solved Now, The, John D. Feerick
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On August 27, 1787, John Dickinson of Delaware asked the Constitutional Convention these vital questions: "What is the extent of the term 'disability' and who is to be the judge of it?" 'His questions regarding the provision on executive succession were never answered. Today, one hundred and seventy-six years later, they remain unanswered. They have been revived from time to time, usually when a President has died or become disabled. Hundreds of answers have been offered. None has been found acceptable. Although concern about the problem of presidential inability had been aroused by the Eisenhower illnesses in 1955, 1956 and …