The Historical Presidency: The Foundations of the Modern Presidency: Presidential Representation, the Unitary Executive Theory, and the Reorganization Act of 1939.

Two claims of presidential authority—presidential representation and the unitary executive theory—were contested during the legislative battle over the reorganization of the executive branch in the late 1930s. A unitary executive theory envisioned top‐down control of the executive branch, while a th...

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Published in:	Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 185 - 204
Main Author:	Dearborn, John A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Mar2019
Subjects:	United States United States. Congress Unitary executive theory (Consititutional law) Reorganization Act of 1939 (U.S.) Executive power Executive power > Law & legislation Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha Constitutional law
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