Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power

Author:   Richard W. Waterman (University of Kentucky)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9798855801194


Pages:   324
Publication Date:   02 August 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard W. Waterman (University of Kentucky)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9798855801194


Pages:   324
Publication Date:   02 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Constitutional Ambiguity and Presidential Power 2. Writing a New Constitution 3. Constitutional Ambiguity 4. Obstacles to the Interpretation of the Constitution in Early America 5. The Sovereign Power and Constitutional Interpretation 6. A Strict Interpretation of the Constitution 7. A Living Constitution 8. The Unitary Executive Theory 9. The Constitution and the Supreme Practical Test Notes References Index

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""Waterman asks questions of absolutely first order importance to the study of the American presidency. After recognizing the essential ambiguity of Article II, he then establishes its significance for a broad array of arguments about the outer reaches of presidential power through US history. Rather than adjudicate debates about which specific constitutional interpretations are, in one sense or another, objectively correct, Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power helps to clarify the sheer variety of claims that this ambiguity has supported. At a time of acute anxieties about presidential power and democracy, this book is sorely needed."" — William Howell, author of Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy


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Richard W. Waterman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. He is the coauthor, with Kirk A. Randazzo, of Checking the Courts: Law, Ideology, and Contingent Discretion, also published by SUNY Press.

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