Author Frank Buckley on Presidential Power and the American Monarchy
Description
America is dropping like a stone in rankings of freedom. As power accumulates in one person, expect that to continue, says George Mason University law professor and author Frank Buckley. In this interview, Buckley discusses his book, The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America. He explains that the evolution of the U.S. presidency into "something like an elective monarch" is not what the framers of the Constitution intended. Rather, they saw a parliamentary regime in terms of separation of powers. What we have, says Buckley, is not a device to constrain the president, but one that immunizes him from criticism by Congress.
Runtime
5 min 27 sec
Subjects
Contributor
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
Similar Films
Twain, Mark. Famous People, Incredible Lives
H. G. Wells. Time Traveler
Garson Kanin - Tracy and Hepburn
Charles Dickens. A Tale of Ambition and Genius
Maya Angelou. And Still I Rise
Meet the writer. Tim Bowler
Russian libertine
Henrik Ibsen. A Concise Biography
Eye to Eye. Efebo Wilkinson. Season 4, Episode 18
The flowering of the crone. Lenora Carrington, another reality
Henry James. A Concise Biography
Before Midnight
Sunday morning. Obits. Print
Bookmark. Thomas the tank engine man
Author James Rickards on The Death of Money