Popular perception holds that presidents act "first and alone,"
resorting to unilateral orders to promote an agenda and head off
unfavorable legislation. Little research, however, has considered
the diverse circumstances in which such orders are issued. The Dual
Executive reinterprets how and when presidents use unilateral power
by illuminating the dual roles of the president. Drawing from an
original data set of over 5,000 executive orders and proclamations
(the two most frequently used unilateral orders) from the Franklin
D. Roosevelt to the George W. Bush administrations (1933-2009),
this book situates unilateral orders within the broad scope of
executive-legislative relations. Michelle Belco and Brandon
Rottinghaus shed light on the shared nature of unilateral power by
recasting the executive as both an aggressive "commander" and a
cooperative "administrator" who uses unilateral power not only to
circumvent Congress, but also to support and facilitate its
operations.
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