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Constitutional Rights -What They Are and What They Ought to BePublic Officials

Constitutional Rights -What They Are and What They Ought to Be: Public Officials [Because the actions of any institution consist in the actions of public officials acting in their institutional roles, the constitutional rights of public officials are essential to any national legal system. This chapter provides a critical examination of the reasons for and against several actual or proposed rights of public officials: the presidential war powers, the presidential power to remove administrative officials, the presidential line-item veto, the speech or debate immunity of congressmen, and the life tenure of federal judges. Finally the moral foundations of such rights are described.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Constitutional Rights -What They Are and What They Ought to BePublic Officials

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-31525-6
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75 –102
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-31526-3_4
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[Because the actions of any institution consist in the actions of public officials acting in their institutional roles, the constitutional rights of public officials are essential to any national legal system. This chapter provides a critical examination of the reasons for and against several actual or proposed rights of public officials: the presidential war powers, the presidential power to remove administrative officials, the presidential line-item veto, the speech or debate immunity of congressmen, and the life tenure of federal judges. Finally the moral foundations of such rights are described.]

Published: May 13, 2016

Keywords: United States Constitution; Supreme Court 1880; Judicial Independence; Democratic Accountability; Federal Spending

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