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Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe Nov 2011

Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


On The Difficulties Of Generalization – Pcaob In The Footsteps Of Myers, Humphrey’S Executor, Morrison And Freytag, Peter L. Strauss Jan 2011

On The Difficulties Of Generalization – Pcaob In The Footsteps Of Myers, Humphrey’S Executor, Morrison And Freytag, Peter L. Strauss

Faculty Scholarship

In considering what to write for this welcome occasion, I was struck by a certain resonance among Paul's scholarship – at least that of which I was first aware, and which I have often used to impress on students the problems of due process analysis – the important post he now holds, and a story our joint mentor, Walter Gellhorn, liked to tell on himself. In the wake of the Supreme Court's paradigm-shifting opinion in Goldberg v. Kelly, with its confident pronouncement of eight procedural elements that, it reasoned, minimal due process must always require of administrative procedures, Paul made …


The Role Of The Chief Executive In Domestic Administration, Peter L. Strauss Jan 2010

The Role Of The Chief Executive In Domestic Administration, Peter L. Strauss

Faculty Scholarship

Written for an international working paper conference on administrative law, this paper sets the Supreme Court's decision in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the context of general American concerns about the place of the President in domestic administration, a recurring theme in my writings.


Presidential Unilateralism And Political Polarization: Why Today's Congress Lacks The Will And The Way To Stop Presidential Initiatives, Neal Devins Apr 2009

Presidential Unilateralism And Political Polarization: Why Today's Congress Lacks The Will And The Way To Stop Presidential Initiatives, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of Executive Power, Robert J. Reinstein Jan 2009

The Limits Of Executive Power, Robert J. Reinstein

American University Law Review

Justice Jackson’s concurring opinion in The Steel Seizure Case has taken on iconic status among legal scholars and had been adopted by the Supreme Court as the governing framework for evaluating presidential power. But Jackson’s principles are conclusory, do not rest on any historical foundation, and raise as many questions as they answer. He fails to examine, much less justify, the existence or scope of implied presidential powers, nor does he meaningfully explain the extent to which those powers are subject to congressional regulation and override. I apply novel originalist methodologies to answer those unexamined questions, with important consequences to …


Congress's Power To Block Enforcement Of Federal Court Orders, Jennifer Mason Mcaward Jan 2008

Congress's Power To Block Enforcement Of Federal Court Orders, Jennifer Mason Mcaward

Journal Articles

This Article considers the constitutionality and propriety of recent appropriations riders passed by the House of Representatives in response to controversial federal court rulings. The riders prohibit the use of any federal funds for the enforcement of court orders issued in specified cases. These enforcement-blocking provisions raise significant separation-of-powers concerns as between Congress and both coordinate branches of the federal government.

The Article begins by looking at the controversial First Amendment rulings that triggered the enforcement-blocking riders, and the Congressional debates over the proper way to respond to the rulings. The riders are not merely symbolic protests, but could have …


The On/Off Switch, Philip Heymann Oct 2007

The On/Off Switch, Philip Heymann

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Presidential Signing Statements In Perspective, Nelson Lund Oct 2007

Presidential Signing Statements In Perspective, Nelson Lund

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, Michele Estrin Gilman Oct 2007

Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, Michele Estrin Gilman

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Presidential Signing Statements And The Rule Of Law As An "Unstructured Institution", Peter M. Shane Oct 2007

Presidential Signing Statements And The Rule Of Law As An "Unstructured Institution", Peter M. Shane

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Signing Statements As Declaratory Judgments: The President As Judge, Phillip J. Cooper Oct 2007

Signing Statements As Declaratory Judgments: The President As Judge, Phillip J. Cooper

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Signing Statements And Divided Government, Neal Devins Oct 2007

Signing Statements And Divided Government, Neal Devins

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Clinton, Kosovo, And The Final Destruction Of The War Powers Resolution, Geoffrey S. Corn Apr 2001

Clinton, Kosovo, And The Final Destruction Of The War Powers Resolution, Geoffrey S. Corn

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conditioning The President's Conditional Pardon Power, Harold J. Krent Feb 2001

Conditioning The President's Conditional Pardon Power, Harold J. Krent

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Executive Privilege And Interbranch Comity After Clinton, Jonathan L. Entin Apr 2000

Executive Privilege And Interbranch Comity After Clinton, Jonathan L. Entin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Although both constitutional theory and practical considerations offer powerful reasons for Congress and the President to prefer negotiation rather than litigation of separation of powers disputes, the Clinton Administration litigated and lost several important cases dealing with presidential power. Some commentators have suggested that these rulings will undermine the presidency for years after Clinton leaves office. Professor Entin assesses some factors, notably the phenomenon of divided government, that might have contributed to the difficulty of reaching interbranch accommodations in recent years and suggests that the long-term implications of the adverse judicial rulings may be less severe than the pessimists fear.


Executive Privilege: The Clinton Administration In The Courts, Neil Kinkopf Apr 2000

Executive Privilege: The Clinton Administration In The Courts, Neil Kinkopf

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Exploring the role of the judicial branch of the federal government in Clinton-era executive privilege claims, Neil Kinkopf suggests that courts have misunderstood executive privilege. Professor Kinkopf points out that federal courts have given different treatment to executive privilege claims asserted in judicial and congressional arenas, protecting the Judiciary from encroachment by the executive branch, while avoiding becoming involved in controversies among the political branches. He argues that the judicial confusion about executive privilege stems from the fact that courts have interpreted cases such as Clinton v. Jones to be about the separation of powers between the executive and judicial …


Constitutional Review By The Executive In Foreign Affairs And War Powers: A Consequence Of Rational Choice In The Separation Of Powers, John O. Mcginnis Oct 1993

Constitutional Review By The Executive In Foreign Affairs And War Powers: A Consequence Of Rational Choice In The Separation Of Powers, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

No abstract provided.


Executive Control Over Criminal Law Enforcement: Some Lessons From History, Harold J. Krent Feb 1989

Executive Control Over Criminal Law Enforcement: Some Lessons From History, Harold J. Krent

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The President's Powers As Commander-In-Chief Versus Congress' War Power And Appropriations Power, Charles W. Bennett, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Geoffrey P. Miller, William Bradford Reynolds, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1988

The President's Powers As Commander-In-Chief Versus Congress' War Power And Appropriations Power, Charles W. Bennett, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Geoffrey P. Miller, William Bradford Reynolds, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

This joint work explores a variety of viewpoints all centered around the War Powers Resolution and its application to the situation in the Persian Gulf.


Separation Of Political Powers: Boundaries Or Balance, Alan L. Feld Jan 1986

Separation Of Political Powers: Boundaries Or Balance, Alan L. Feld

Faculty Scholarship

One of the most significant structural elements of the United States Constitution divides the political power of the government between two discrete political institutions, the Congress and the President, in order to prevent concentration of the full power of the national government in one place. This governmental structure has posed a continuing dilemma of how to allow for the shared decisionmaking necessary to effective government while maintaining the independence of each political branch. As the United States Congress reaches its two hundredth anniversary, questions concerning the relationship between Congress and the President, for a substantial time thought by legal scholars …


Introduction To The Separation Of Powers Symposium Jan 1977

Introduction To The Separation Of Powers Symposium

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson Jan 1977

Separation, Politics And Judicial Activism, Wallace Mendelson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Separation of Powers


Separation Of Powers And International Executive Agreements, Arthur W. Rovine Jan 1977

Separation Of Powers And International Executive Agreements, Arthur W. Rovine

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Separation of Powers


Seedtime Of An American Judiciary: From Independence To The Constitution, William F. Swindler Mar 1976

Seedtime Of An American Judiciary: From Independence To The Constitution, William F. Swindler

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.