Mr. Mondale, himself a vice president in an unpopular administration, speculated that Mr. Cheney's combative stance stems from "an obsession" with the unfettered use of executive authority for national security.
He tells of a "rolling coup" by which the Labour leader and his "Bolshevik" cabal seized and consolidated control of the party, ending the trade unions' block vote, diminishing the role of MPs and punishing outspoken union bosses.The result, Mr Minkin argues, was a substitution of the leader's charisma and executive authority for serious consultation.
We write only to explain that there is clear executive authority for several forms of administrative relief for DREAM Act beneficiaries: deferred action, parole-in-place, and deferred enforced departure," the letter reads.
One of the fastest ways to restore a meaningful check on executive authority is for Congress and the President to speak with one voice and compel Rove's testimony.
Leveraging executive authority in the '90s paved the way for the actions we need to take today," she said, noting that President Obama has directed the EPA to develop new regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
The president has already used some unclear executive authority to delay the employer mandate for a year.
Mr. Obama, in keeping with both his efforts to please Native Americans as of late and his zeal for second-term executive authority moves, gave the nod before his trip to Alaska.
Shannen W. Coffin, a former deputy assistant attorney general, who handled the case in district court, said that the decision was a "huge victory for executive authority" that would help the White House regain legal prerogatives in the courts.
Montgomery, 62, runs the team as the chief executive and final authority for the ownership group.
Mr. Bush issued a presidential finding last year, after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, providing the basic executive and legal authority for the C.I.A. to either kill or capture terrorist leaders.
