The oath and the office : a guide to the Constitution for future presidents
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (pg.231-274) and index.

Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powersand limitsthat it places on the presidency. From the document itself and from American historys most famous court cases, we learn why certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits those powers, and what ٢we the people٣ can do to influence the nations highest public officeincluding, if need be, removing the person in it. In these brief yet deeply researched chapters, we meet founding fathers such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, as well as key figures from historic cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Korematsu v. United States.