Both the presidency and the constitution are at stake in this tense and shockingly real political thriller. “Grossman had done lots of research on everything from political infighting to clandestine military operations...[H]olds reader interest right up to the inevitable conclusion.”—Publisher’s Weekly An assassin’s bullet changes the course of the presidential election—not by killing Democratic candidate Teddy Lodge but his wife. Riding a wave of popular sympathy, Lodge surges forward as the man to beat for incumbent President Morgan Taylor. Secret Service Agent Scott Roarke is ordered by President Taylor to investigate the assassination, which unravels a deadly Soviet plot that has incubate for more than decades. But it’s not just the Russians that Agent Roarke must contend with. There’s another nation’s sleeper agent poised to forever alter American policy in the Middle East.
United States presidents issue executive orders to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself.
This must-have volume looks at the history of this important executive power, explains executive orders that have had wide-ranging effects, and demonstrates the legal limits of the president's power.
How much power should the president of the United States possess? This is the key question defining the debate over executive orders.
Interestingly, Interior took somewhat of a back seat in the 1975 debate because the new secretary, Stanley Hathaway, had served as governor of Wyoming when that state had sued the federal government over its predator control ...
In this collection you can see in the clearest way the true political program and the goal of both presidents through their legislation actions and speeches.
In these three novels, he confronts ruthless enemies and twisted conspiracies—and tries to stay one step ahead of annihilation… Executive Actions: An assassin’s bullet kills the wife of a presidential candidate—and puts a foreign ...
A fair but critical assessment of President Obama's executive performance and legacy.
The president's executive actions on immigration and their impact on federal and state elections : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules of the ...
How much power does the president actually have? Readers explore the answer to this question as they learn about the history of executive orders.
A review of the president's executive actions on immigration : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules of the Committee on Oversight and Government ...