The Presidency

Books
Testing the Limits: George W. Bush and the Imperial Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, edited volume (with Gleaves Whitney).

Power and Prudence: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004 (with Ryan J. Barilleaux).

Considering the Bush Presidency. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004, edited volume (with Gary L. Gregg II).

The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000, edited volume (with Clyde Wilcox).

George Washington: Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001, edited volume (with Ethan Fishman and William D. Pederson).

George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, edited volume (with William D. Pederson and Frank Williams).

FDR and the Modern Presidency: Leadership and Legacy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, edited volume (with William D. Pederson).

 

Articles/Book Chapters
“The Law: President Obama’s Signing Statements and the Expansion of Executive Power”, Presidential Studies Quarterly, 43, no. 4 (December 2013) (with Jeffrey Crouch and Mitchel A. Sollenberger).

The Unitary Executive Theory and the Bush Legacy”, in Donald Kelley and Tod Shields, eds., The Presidency of George W. Bush. College Station, TX: Texas A&M Press (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger) 2010, pp. 36-54.

“Presidential Direct Action and Policy Continuity: The Case of U.S. Population Control Policy”, Social Science Quarterly, Vo. 90, No. 4, December 2009, pp. 945-959 (with Debasree Das Gupta).

“Chief Administrator”, in CQ Press’s The Powers of the Presidency. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008 (with S. Warshaw, W. Bledsoe, J. Watts), pp. 65-136.

“Lincoln and the Prerogative Presidency”, in Karl Deutche and Joseph Fornieri, eds., Abraham Lincoln’s American Dream. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2005, pp. 304-310 (with Jeffrey Crouch).

“Finding His Voice: Bush’s Pre and Post-9/11 Rhetoric”, in Lori Cox Hahn and Diane Heath, eds., In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenge of Public Leadership. Albany: SUNY Press, 2005, pp. 207-226 (with Jeremy Mayer).

“Reagan and the Courts”, in Paul Kengor and Peter Schweizer, eds., The Reagan Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Legacy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, pp. 93-114 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger and Jack Rossotti).

“Filling in the Blanks: George Washington and the Origins of Presidential Power”, in Gary Gregg II, ed., Thinking About the Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, pp. 41-53.

“Bush, Thatcher, and Managing the End of the Cold War”, in Alexej Ugrinsky, ed., The Thatcher Legacy. London: Politicos Press, 2004, pp. 141-156 (with Ryan Barrilleaux).

“The Bush Presidency: Transition to Crisis Leadership”, Act Politica, Vol. 37 (Fall 2002), pp. 243-261 (with Jeremy Mayer and Clyde Wilcox).

“The Two Sides of the Clinton Legacy”, in M. Rozell and J. White, eds., Contemporary Readings in American Government. New York: Prentice-Hall, 2002, 326-336.

“The Press and the Presidency: Then and Now”, in The Presidency: Then and Now. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 (with Graham Dodds), pp. 139-160.

“Introduction: The Politics of Scandal”, in M. Rozell and C. Wilcox, The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000 (with Clyde Wilcox).

“George Washington and the Origins of Presidential Power”, in Gary Gregg and Matthew Spalding, eds., Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American Political Tradition. Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2000.

“Introduction: Washington and the Origins of the Presidency”, in M. Rozell, W. Pederson, and F. Williams, eds., George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000 (with W. Pederson and F. Williams).

“The Clinton Scandal in Retrospect”, PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 1999), pp. 538-540 (with Clyde Wilcox).

“In Reagan’s Shadow: Bush’s Anti-Rhetorical Presidency,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. I (Winter 1998), pp. 128-139. Reprinted as “The Bush Presidency and the Media”, in Leslie Feldman and Rosanna Perotti, eds., Honor and Loyalty: Inside the Politics of the Bush White House. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.

“FDR and the Prerogative Presidency,” in M. Rozell and W. Pederson, eds., FDR and the Modem Presidency: Leadership and Legacy. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997, pp. 133-146.

“Introduction: The Roosevelt Legacy,” in Ibid (with William D. Pederson), pp. 1-9.

“Chief Executive,” in Michael Nelson, ed., Congressional Quarterly Guide to the Presidency, 2d ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1996, pp. 467-550 (with W. Craig Bledsoe and Christopher J. Bosso). Reprinted in Congressional Quarterly, The Powers of the Presidency. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1997, pp. 1-84. Revised for 3rd edition, 2003.

“Presidential Image-Makers on the Limits of Spin Control,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. I (Winter 1995), pp. 67-90.

“Executive Prerogative, Abraham Lincoln, and American Constitutionalism,” in Frank J. Williams and William D. Pederson, eds., Abraham Lincoln, Contemporary: An American Legacy. Campbell, Ca.: Savas/Woodbury Pub., 1995, pp. 135-156.

“President Ford’s Pardon of Richard M. Nixon: Constitutional and Political Considerations,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. I (Winter 1994), pp. 121-137.

“Carter Rehabilitated: What Caused the 39th President’s Press Transformation?,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 1993), pp. 317-330. Reprinted in H. Rosenbaum and A. Ugrinsky, eds., Jimmy Carter: His Foreign Policy and Post Presidential Years. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

“The Limits of White House Image Control,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 108, No. 3 (Fall 1993), pp. 453-480.

“In Defense of President Ford’s Pardon of Richard M. Nixon,” in Bernard Firestone and Alexej Ugrinsky, eds., Gerald Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993, pp. 39-5 1.

“President Carter and the Press: Perspectives from White House Communications Advisers,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 105, No. 3 (Fall 1990), pp. 419-434.

“The Presidential Pardoning Power: A Bibliographic Essay,” Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Winter 1989), pp. 459-467.