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The Presidency
Jeffrey Cohen, Fordham University - Bronx
David Nice, Washington State University - Pullman

The President and Congress

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This case finally resolved the constitutional question raised by the Andrew Johnson impeachment trial, as to the right of a president "to remove any executive officer appointed by him by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and this power is not subject in its exercise to the assent of the Senate, nor can it be made so by an act of Congress."

Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
(http://supct.law.cornell.edu:8080/supct/historic_idx/272_52.htm)

Supreme court ruling regarding Line Item Veto Act

Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. City of New York et al. (1998)
(http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-1374.ZS.html)

Working papers from The Center for Presidential Studies.

Separation of Powers
(http://www-polisci.tamu.edu/Edwards/cps%20w-info/separation_powers.htm)