Presidential War Power by Fisher

Presidential War Power by Fisher

This work chronicles the dramatic expansion, from George Washington to Bill Clinton, of American presidents' control of the war power. The author argues that this control has come at the expense of effective congressional oversight and that it directly challenges the Constitution.

Louis Fisher is Scholar in Residence at the Constitution Project. Previously he worked for four decades at the Library of Congress as Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers (Congressional Research Service, from 1970 to 2006); and Specialist in Constitutional Law (Law Library, from 2006 to 2010).
During his service with CRS he was research director of the House Iran-Contra Committee in 1987, writing major sections of the final report. Dr. Fisher has authored more than 20 books, almost 500 articles, and hundreds of reports.

Dr. Fisher has been invited to testify before Congress nearly 50 times on such issues as war powers, state secrets privilege, NSA surveillance, executive spending discretion, presidential reorganization authority, Congress and the Constitution, the legislative veto, the item veto, the Gramm-Rudman
deficit control act, executive privilege, executive lobbying, CIA whistleblowing, covert spending, the pocket veto, recess appointments, the budget process, the balanced budget amendment, biennial budgeting, and presidential impoundment powers.

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ISBN 13	9780700606917
ISBN 10	0700606912
Title	Presidential War Power
Author	Fisher
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University Press of Kansas
Year published	1995-04-30
Number of pages	283
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.