Czars in the White House
Title | Czars in the White House PDF eBook |
Author | Justin S. Vaughn |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0472119583 |
When Barack Obama entered the White House, he faced numerous urgent issues. Despite the citizens' demand for strong presidential leadership, President Obama, following a long-standing precedent for the development and implementation of major policies, appointed administrators--so-called policy czars--charged with directing the response to the nation's most pressing crises. Combining public administration and political science approaches to the study of the American presidency and institutional politics, Justin S. Vaughn and José D. Villalobos argue that the creation of policy czars is a strategy for combating partisan polarization and navigating the federal government's complexity. They present a series of in-depth analyses of the appointment, role, and power of various czars: the energy czar in the mid-1970s, the drug czar in the late 1980s, the AIDS czar in the 1990s, George W. Bush's trio of national security czars after 9/11, and Obama's controversial czars for key domestic issues. Laying aside inflammatory political rhetoric, Vaughn and Villalobos offer a sober, empirical analysis of what precisely constitutes a czar, why Obama and his predecessors used czars, and what role they have played in the modern presidency.
The President's Czars
Title | The President's Czars PDF eBook |
Author | Mitchel A. Sollenberger |
Publisher | University Press of Kansas |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2012-04-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0700618368 |
Faced with crises that would challenge any president, Barack Obama authorized "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg to oversee the $20 billion fund for victims of the BP oil spill and to establish—and enforce—executive pay guidelines for companies that received $700 billion in federal bailout money. Feinberg's office comes with vastly expansive policy powers along with seemingly deep pockets; yet his position does not formally fit anywhere within our government's constitutional framework. The very word "czar" seems inappropriate in a constitutional republic, but it has come to describe any executive branch official who has significant authority over a policy area, works independently of agency or Department heads, and is not confirmed by the Senate-or subject to congressional oversight. Mitchel Sollenberger and Mark Rozell provide the first comprehensive overview of presidential czars, tracing the history of the position from its origins through its initial expansion under FDR and its dramatic growth during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The President's Czars shows how, under pressure to act on the policy front, modern presidents have increasingly turned to these appointed officials, even though by doing so they violate the Appointments Clause and can also run into conflict with the nondelegation doctrine and the principle that a president cannot unilaterally establish offices without legislative support. Further, Sollenberger and Rozell contend that czars not only are ill-conceived but also disrupt a governing system based on democratic accountability. A sobering overview solidly grounded in public law analysis, this study serves as a counter-argument to those who would embrace an excessively powerful presidency, one with relatively limited constraints. Among other things, it proposes the restoration of accountability—starting with significant changes to Title 3 of the U.S. Code, which authorizes the president to appoint White House employees "without regard to any other provision of law." Ultimately, the authors argue that czars have generally not done a good job of making the executive branch bureaucracy more effective and efficient. Whatever utility presidents may see in appointing czars, Sollenberger and Rozell make a strong case that the overall damage to our constitutional system is great-and that this runaway practice has to stop.
Czars and Presidents
Title | Czars and Presidents PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandre Tarsaïdzé |
Publisher | |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Russia |
ISBN |
Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars
Title | Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Czars and Presidents
Title | Czars and Presidents PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandre Tarsa{uml}idz{acute}e |
Publisher | |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Soviet Union |
ISBN |
Czars and presidents; the story of a forgotten
Title | Czars and presidents; the story of a forgotten PDF eBook |
Author | Aleksandr Tarsaidze |
Publisher | |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Czars and Presidents; the Story of a Forgotten Friendship
Title | Czars and Presidents; the Story of a Forgotten Friendship PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandre 1899- Tarsa{uml}idz{acute}e |
Publisher | Hassell Street Press |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781013583353 |
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