War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure
Ivan Eland, "War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure "
English | ISBN: 1598133225 | 2019 | 352 pages | EPUB | 1415 KB
English | ISBN: 1598133225 | 2019 | 352 pages | EPUB | 1415 KB
The Office of the President of the U.S. isn’t what it used to be—it has morphed into an overgrown beast. So says presidential scholar Ivan Eland in his landmark new book War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure.
The presidency no longer simply enforces the laws passed by Congress but literally dominates American political life. Its vast bureaucracy is flush with cash and wields powers never authorized by the Framers. But who do we have to thank for this distortion of the Constitution? Congress.
The presidency, says Eland, isn’t inherently imperial. It’s contingently imperial. Particularly when wars loom and Congress refuses to forestall our engagement in them—with inevitable consequences. Armed conflict bloats armies and emboldens the commanders-in-chief who wield them. Presidents, for instance, now unilaterally start wars and kill Americans (and others) overseas without due process.
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