I can’t help it. When it comes to the presidency, nine out of ten times I’m going to adopt the framework that Richard Neustadt gave us 65 years ago. Presidential power, Neustadt argued, was extremely limited when based on only the specific authorizations found in the Constitution and statutes – but could be formidable when a skilled president developed …
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Good Politics/Bad Politics to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.