The Twenty-fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Earliest Applications - Couverture souple

Feerick, John D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0823213730 ISBN 13 : 9780823213733

Editeur : Fordham University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book focuses on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment - its meaning, legislative history, and applications. The Amendment has been criticized for being vague and undemocratic. It has been praised for making possible swift and orderly successions to the presidency and vice presidency upon the occurrence of some of the most extraordinary events in American history. Its vice presidential selection feature has been recommended as the best method for selecting all Vice Presidents. The repeal of that feature and the abolition of the vice presidency have also been suggested. Moreover, throughout the Watergate crisis the Amendment was alluded to as affording a means by which a President could transfer Presidential power during an impeachment proceeding, and it was suggested as authorizing a Vice President and Cabinet to suspend, so to speak, a President during the period of impeachment trial before the Senate. Judging by all the attention the Amendment has received and by the number of presidential and vice presidential vacancies and illnesses which have occurred in our history, one can expect that the Twenty-Fifth Amendment will receive frequent application in the future of our country.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Feerick is a professor of law at Fordham Law School and the occupant of the Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law in Public Service. He teaches and writes in areas of the Constitution, legal ethics, and conflict resolution. His books include the third edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications, and From Failing Hands: The Story of Presidential Succession, which was helpful to the framers of the Constitution's Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fordham University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823213730
• ISBN 13: 9780823213733
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 274
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• Personne responsable: non disponible