U.S. Supreme Court
Sep. 29, 2015
When courts take on the president
Part of a series of columns looking at constitutional questions the Supreme Court will look at this term. This column discusses Congress's ability to force the executive branch to enforce enacted laws. By Michael McConnell
Both President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, pushed the envelope
of unilateral executive power - taking significant actions without congressional authorization
and sometimes even in the face of laws passed by Congress. Bush tended to be most
aggressive in the field of national security, for example, with respect to Guantanamo
and NSA surveillance. Obama asserts...
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