Presidential Power: Case Studies in the Use of the Opinions of the Attorney General

This volume is composed of three specific case studies which deal with the development and expansion of presidential power through the opinions of the Attorney General. The case studies isolate three of the Republic’s most prerogative presidents: Abraham Lincoln, who exercised dictatorial power out of necessity; Franklin Roosevelt, who exercised even greater power out of necessity and as an extension of his personality; and Richard Nixon, who coveted power simply for the sake of power and who abused much of his exercized power out of malevolence.