Constitutional Law - Executive Authority - Under the Procurement Act of 1949 the President Has the Implied Authority to Enforce Wage and Price Guidelines
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McKnight, Cynthia Irmer
Issue Date
1980
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13
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Throughout the discussions at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 delegates expressed a common concern for the amount of authority to be given to the executive branch of the new government. Just struggling out from beneath the oppression of a monarch, most of the founding fathers remained skeptical of a Constitution which would grant such power to an individual executive. They feared that unchecked authority in the President would offer irresistable temptation for unilateral leadership to unscrupulous officers. Acknowledging the possibility for abuse Alexander Hamilton nonetheless argued forcefully for a strong executive. A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government? The Convention's answer to this dilemma was to draft the executive article in vague, open-ended terms...
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13 Creighton L. Rev. 975 (1979-1980)
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Creighton University School of Law