I cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own The Imperial Presidency. - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Readable and extremely pertinent, The New Imperial Presidency combines masterful history and trenchant analysis of the push and pull for power between Presidents and Congresses - and the key role played by each institution's will for power and responsibility. ... Read moreIn the story of this distinctly American political drama, Professor Rudalevige gives us a timely primer for making sense of today's Washington scene. - former Congressman David Skaggs, executive director, Center for Democracy & Citizenship, Washington, D.C. Rudalevige is an authoritative guide to the resurgence of presidential power since its decline in the post-Watergate years, and to the corresponding eclipse of the Congress. Charting a trend that has reached 'tidal wave' proportions in the George W. Bush presidency, Rudalevige gives a convincing account both of the extravagance of current executive claims and the dangers of congressional inertia and public passivity. - Representative David E. Price (D.-N.C.) Rudalevige sounds a wake-up call, urging us to recall and rededicate ourselves to the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances, separation of powers, representative government, and what it takes to keep a republic. Other branches, and the public, need to check the high-flying presidency. Powerfully argued and written. - Louis Fisher, author of Presidential War Power Show Less