Madison's Nightmare: How Executive Power Threatens American Democracy

by Peter M. Shane

Book Overview

The George W. Bush administration's ambitious-even breathtaking-claims of unilateral executive authority raised deep concerns among constitutional scholars, civil libertarians, and ordinary citizens alike. But Bush's attempts to assert his power are only the culmination of a near-thirty-year assault on the basic checks and balances of the U.S. government-a battle waged by presidents of both parties, and one that, as Peter M. Shane warns in Madison's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022638070X
• ISBN13: 9780226380704
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"