Mitchel A. Sollenberger and Mark J. Rozell have provided a valuable contribution to what is often called the public law approach to the presidency in their recent book, The President’s Czars: Undermining Congress and the Constitution. Their argument is clear from the title: “Czars offend the constitutionally based principles of separation of powers, checks and balances, and democratic accountability” (179). They provide an overview of the history of czars and conclude their book with a policy proposal that would eliminate them altogether.
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