Sharece Thrower

TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop a theory of presidential unilateralism in which both ideological divergence with Congress and legislative capacity influence the president's use of executive orders, and demonstrate that legislative capacity conditions the role of ideological disagreement in shaping presidential action.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), an agency often perceived to be the president's political instrument, has been investigated and it was found that low organizational capacity inhibits the president’s ability to expedite priority rules.

TL;DR: State policy making is just as important given its immediate influence on our daily lives as federal policy making as discussed by the authors. But, state policy making has largely focused on presidents and the federal bureaucracy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a measure of discretion for understanding interbranch interactions in the US separation-of-powers system, which is fundamental to understanding inter-government interactions.