Constitutional Law
Feb. 11, 2017
Disaster management isn't part of the president's job
Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States does it say the words "crisis" or "disaster." And yet, disaster management has become an essential part of the duties of the modern presidency. By Tevi Troy
Tevi Troy
Tevi Troy, a presidential historian and former White House aide, is the author of "Shall We Wake the President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office."
Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States does it say the words "crisis" or "disaster." And yet, disaster management has become an essential part of the duties of the modern presidency. How that evolved over time is a fascinating two-century story that tells us a great deal about the development of the modern administrative state as we know it today.
For much of the 19th century, before modern communications, the presiden...
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