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Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power (Hardcover)
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Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power (Hardcover)
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By revisiting Thomas Jefferson's understanding of executive power
this book offers a new understanding of the origins of presidential
power. Before Jefferson was elected president, he arrived at a way
to resolve the tension between constitutionalism and executive
power. Because his solution would preserve a strict interpretation
of the Constitution as well as transform the precedents left by his
Federalist predecessors, it provided an alternative to Alexander
Hamilton's understanding of executive power. In fact, a more
thorough account of Jefferson's political career suggests that
Jefferson envisioned an executive that was powerful, or
'energetic', because it would be more explicitly attached to the
majority will. Jefferson's Revolution of 1800, often portrayed as a
reversal of the strong presidency, was itself premised on energy in
the executive and was part of Jefferson's project to enable the
Constitution to survive and even flourish in a world governed by
necessity.
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