The Unitary Executive and the Modern Presidency

Contents

ConTEnTs Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: What Is the Unitary Executive? Ryan J. Barilleaux and Christopher S. Kelley 1 Part I. An Overview of the Unitary Executive The Unitary Executive: Ideology versus the Constitution Louis Fisher 17 Executive Unilateralism in the Ford and Carter Presidencies Ryan J. Barilleaux and David Zellers 41 The Unitary Executive and Review of Agency Rulemaking Melanie Marlowe 77 The Unitary Executive and the Clinton Administration Christopher S. Kelley 107 Part II. The Unitary Executive and the George W. Bush Presidency Foundations of the Unitary Executive of George W. Bush Michael A. Genovese 125 The Unitary Executive and Secrecy in the Bush Presidency: The Case of the Energy Task Force Controversy Mitchel A. Sollenberger and Mark J. Rozell 145 Warrantless Surveillance and the Warrantless Presidency Richard M. Pious 163 Aiding and Abetting: Congressional Complicity in the Rise of the Unitary Executive Bryan W. Marshall and Patrick J. Haney 188 Part III. Conclusion Going Forward: The Unitary Executive, Presidential Power, and the Twenty-first Century Presidency Ryan J. Barilleaux and Christopher S. Kelley 219 Contributors 231 Index 233 viii : Contents ...