Has the Media abdicated responsibility in holding the President Accountable? What have been the implications for the war on terror? How ... all » is President Bush using signing statements to subvert the law? What does this mean for our constitution.

This is the third session from a conference entitled “Presidential Power in America: the Constitution, the Defense of the Nation, and the ... all » National Ethos.” The president of the United States now has expanded power and responsibility not envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Such powers include: commanding a large standing army, leadership of his political party and all power and resources stemming from this, a near absolute monopoly on media attention, the assertion of “inherent” (extracons

This session is from a conference entitled “Presidential Power in America” and it explores the framers’ design of the constitution in ... all » relation to powers of the executive and how this design compared to the English model. The presenter is Louis Fisher from the Library of Congress and the discussant is Rick Waterman of the University of Kentucky. John Locke and William Gladstone had ideas on the nature and scope of power held by the chief executive but so did the American founding fathers. H

This the fifth session from a conference entitled “Presidential Power in America: the Constitution, the Defense of the Nation, and the ... all » National Ethos.” This session, chaired by Professor David Adler of Idaho State University, explores where power ultimately resides in the direction of U.S. foreign affairs. The panel examines: war powers, foreign trade policy, ambassadorships, treaty powers and international compacts. What, if any, powers has Congress abdicated to the president?