Table of Contents
Introduction: The Oath ix
Section I The Powers of the President
1 Article II and the Limited Presidency 3
2 The Bully Pulpit 19
3 The Power to Execute the Laws 35
4 The Power to Hire and Fire 53
5 The Power to Nominate Supreme Court Justices 71
6 The Commander-in-Chief Power 90
Section II "We the People" and the Bill of Rights
7 Madison and the Creation of the Bill of Rights 111
8 The First Amendment and Free Speech 119
9 The First Amendment and the Freedom of Religion 131
10 The Eighth Amendment and the Ban on Torture 145
11 The Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments and the Guarantee of Equal Protection of the Laws 158
Section III Checks on the President
12 How to Stop a President 175
13 The Judicial Check on a President 186
14 Federalism 195
15 The Congressional Check and Impeachment 207
Conclusion 223
Acknowledgments 227
Notes 231
Index 275