The Spoils of Presidentialism for Congress and the Court
Yale Journal on Regulation, Notice & Comment (November 2022): https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/symposium-shane-democracy-chief-executive-13/
Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 599
3 Pages Posted: 20 Mar 2023 Last revised: 21 Mar 2023
Date Written: November 10, 2022
Abstract
This brief piece suggests that, rather than witnesses to presidentialism that are gridlocked (Congress) or bound by certain forms of constitutional interpretation (the Court), the co-equal branches are participants in presidential aggrandizement perhaps because they benefit from it.
Keywords: president, Congress, Supreme Court, constitutional entitlement, presidential administration, capture, gridlock, pluralism
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