Executive Branch

• Executive Branch Czars, Who Are They? Are They Needed? Can Congress Do Anything About Them?

For those concerned with constitutional adherence the primary issue is that the appointment of new executive branch officials and White House advisors may not be consistent with the Appointments Clause ofthe United States Constitution.13 While, for others the practical issue is that the expansive use of czars raises accountability, legislative oversight and governmental efficiency concerns.14 Both categories of issues implicate constitutional concerns of separation of powers,15 checks and balances,16 and doctrinal constitutional adherence. Since taking office, President Obama has notably increased the number and authority of advisors appointed through this controversial appointment practice,17 continuing an executive branch trend that should be controlled and slowed. [...] the sharp r...

• The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal

• Prerogative power and executive branch czars: President Obama's signing statement.

On April 15, 2011, President Barack Obama issued a controversial signing statement that effectively nullified a provision of a bill he had signed into...

• Presidential Studies Quarterly
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 4, December 2011

• Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch:

• FR, September 13, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Government Ethics Office

• Executive branch reform

• Florida Constitution

• Dangers of a Supreme Executive Branch

There is private, ongoing debate in Washington as to whether the executive branch should ignore the national debt limit and continue to sell Treasury securities regardless of whether or not the Congress authorizes further borrowing. This line of reasoning takes us one step further along the path toward the greatest threat to liberty ever conceived by man: a unitary executive power vested with supreme authority. We have allowed the executive branch to suspend and ignore Fourth Amendment rights in the name of security. We have allowed the executive branch to usurp the law-making power via executive order and regulatory decree. And, most dangerous of all, we have allowed the executive branch to engage in hostilities against foreign nations without congressional approval.

• The Washington Times
• July 08, 2011

• Executive Branch

The branch of the U.S. government that is composed of the president and all the individuals, agencies, and departments that repor...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Rep. Jerrold Nadler Holds a Hearing On Executive Branch War Powers

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES HOLDS A HEARING ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH ...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 26, 2009

• Legal Experts Weigh in On Executive Branch Authority and Immigration

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama's insistence that his "hands are tied" by Congressional inaction on immigration has raised questions about how much executive power the President has when it comes to immigration. To this end, top immigration law experts, including former counsels to the agencies that manage immigration, have drafted a legal memo outlining the scope of executive branch authority and examples of its use in the immigration context. Ben Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council, noted upon release of the memo:

• U.S. Newswire
• May 02, 2011

• 10 CFR 110.41 - Executive Branch review.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10: Energy

• Election of governor and lieutenant governor

... of the Senate and shall have such executive duties as prescribed by the Governor and as may be...

• Georgia Constitution