Robert J Spitzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 295559 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Spitzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Spitzer |
| SIGNATURE | SPITZER R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Cortland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8182-2780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Politics of Gun Control
We the People
We the People
Kitrosser, Heidi. Reclaiming Accountability: Transparency, Executive
We the People
What's Old Is New Again: Political Science, Law, and Constitutional Meaning
Political science and law intersect not only in the political world, but as disciplines. This is as it should be, and for two important reasons: disciplinary history and content. As Fisher (2009, 798) notes, the first political science graduate program, founded in 1880, studied “history, law, and philosophy.” The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, defined itself in terms of six distinct areas of study, five of which—comparat…
The Historical Presidency: Growing Executive Power: The Strange Case of the “Protective Return” Pocket Veto
Recent presidents have carved out a presidential power by asserted constitutional right allegedly adhering to the presidency in the form of the so‐called protective return pocket veto, by which presidents claim to pocket veto a bill—a circumstance where, by definition, bill return to Congress is not possible—yet proceed to do the impossible by returning the bill to Congress. This obscure yet portentous power grab (1) arose, ironically, from adver…
Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations
Journal Article Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations Get access Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations. By Mordecai Lee. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. xviii, 316 pp. $39.95.) Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New YorkCortland, New York [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vol…
We the People: An Introduction to American Politics
Crisis and Command: The History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush - By John Yoo
Accidental Presidents: Death, Assassination, Resignation, and Democratic Succession - By Philip Abbott
The Law Saving the Presidency from Lawyers
Legal training is well suited to prepare lawyers for the study and practice of law in the advocacy‐based legal system. But when lawyers as academics enter the realm of constitutional law, legal training offers poor preparation for academic analysis. Worse, the vast realm of legal publishing—law reviews—is run by students who do not rely on peer review, unlike every other academic discipline. The result of these two factors is great potential for …
A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
Journal Article A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America Get access Cornell Saul. A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xviii, 270 pp. $30.00 (cloth). Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer SUNY Cortland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, …
A Guide to Publishing Your First Book: Seven Modest Tips on Publishing
As part of its mission to address issues of recruitment, retention, and integration of women and people of color in the profession, the APSA Task Force on Mentoring periodically publishes articles on some aspect of mentoring that will help political scientists move successfully through the profession. This brief symposium on “Publishing Your First Book” is just one such example of this initiative. For more information about the Task Force and its…
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
The Law: The “Protective Return” Pocket Veto: Presidential Aggrandizement of Constitutional Power
This article discusses the all‐but‐unknown practice of recent presidents to exercise a so‐called “protective return” veto, whereby presidents simultaneously exercise both a return veto and a pocket veto for individual bills. Defended by recent administrations as a defense of the existing pocket veto power, this article argues that it is in fact an attempt to create a practical absolute veto, a power rejected by the Constitution's founders. Veto h…
Clinton's Impeachment Will Have Few Consequences for the Presidency
T he Clinton crisis that dominated news headlines in 1998 and early 1999 yielded no dearth of emphatic pronouncements about its consequences for the institution of the presidency. While some commentators downplayed its likely adverse consequences, most public debate was rife with dire predictions.' Before considering the merits of these dire predictions, three qualifications invite mention. First, in assessing the impact of the Clinton scandal on…
A Third Choice
A Third Choice. Prod. by Melissa Mathis. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1996. 57 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053) Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1173–1174, https://…
The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto
Journal Article The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer ROBERT J. SPITZER is professor of political science at SUNY Cortland. His books include President and Congress and The Politics of Gun Control. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 112, Issue 2, Summer 1997, Pages 261–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657941 Pub…
The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections
The End of the Republican Era
Journal Article The End of the Republican Era. By Theodore J. Lowi. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. xx, 275 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-80612701-5.) Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New York, Cortland, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1299–1300, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945277 Published: 01 D…
The Disingenuous Presidency: Reagan’s Veto and the “Make-My-Day” President
In many respects, the presidential veto is an under-appreciated litmus test of presidential activism and power with respect to the legislative realm. This article offers insights on the interplay of symbols and actions in the Reagan presidency by examining the administration’s use of veto powers and veto issues, including Reagan’s veto rhetoric versus reality, veto strategies, and veto threats. These examples support the conclusion that Reagan so…
President and Congress: Executive Hegemony at the Crossroads of American Government
Journal Article President and Congress: Executive Hegemony at the Crossroads of American Government. By Robert J. Spitzer. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. xxiv, 309 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-56639-016-8.) Get access James W. Davis James W. Davis Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages …
Appraising Bush
Presidential Prerogative Power: The Case of the Bush Administration and Legislative Power
Both the campaign and early administration of George Bush trumpeted a theme of a more centrist, lower-volume, less confrontational approach to politics and governing. Aspects of both the campaign and the administration seemed to belie this pledge, from the Willie Horton ads to the fight over the Tower nomination and the invasion of Panama. Still, the prevailing tone and style of the Bush administration during its first year seemed far less stride…
Promoting Policy Theory: Revising the Arenas of Power
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
The Democratic National Telethons: Their Successes and Failure
The Law Saving the Presidency from Lawyers
Legal training is well suited to prepare lawyers for the study and practice of law in the advocacy‐based legal system. But when lawyers as academics enter the realm of constitutional law, legal training offers poor preparation for academic analysis. Worse, the vast realm of legal publishing—law reviews—is run by students who do not rely on peer review, unlike every other academic discipline. The result of these two factors is great potential for …
The Disingenuous Presidency: Reagan’s Veto and the “Make-My-Day” President
In many respects, the presidential veto is an under-appreciated litmus test of presidential activism and power with respect to the legislative realm. This article offers insights on the interplay of symbols and actions in the Reagan presidency by examining the administration’s use of veto powers and veto issues, including Reagan’s veto rhetoric versus reality, veto strategies, and veto threats. These examples support the conclusion that Reagan so…
From Complexity to Simplicity: More on Policy Theory and the Arenas of Power
sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.”Edward Albee The Zoo Story (1959
The Historical Presidency: Growing Executive Power: The Strange Case of the “Protective Return” Pocket Veto
Recent presidents have carved out a presidential power by asserted constitutional right allegedly adhering to the presidency in the form of the so‐called protective return pocket veto, by which presidents claim to pocket veto a bill—a circumstance where, by definition, bill return to Congress is not possible—yet proceed to do the impossible by returning the bill to Congress. This obscure yet portentous power grab (1) arose, ironically, from adver…
Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations
Journal Article Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations Get access Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations. By Mordecai Lee. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. xviii, 316 pp. $39.95.) Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New YorkCortland, New York [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vol…
The Law: The “Protective Return” Pocket Veto: Presidential Aggrandizement of Constitutional Power
This article discusses the all‐but‐unknown practice of recent presidents to exercise a so‐called “protective return” veto, whereby presidents simultaneously exercise both a return veto and a pocket veto for individual bills. Defended by recent administrations as a defense of the existing pocket veto power, this article argues that it is in fact an attempt to create a practical absolute veto, a power rejected by the Constitution's founders. Veto h…
The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto
Journal Article The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer ROBERT J. SPITZER is professor of political science at SUNY Cortland. His books include President and Congress and The Politics of Gun Control. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 112, Issue 2, Summer 1997, Pages 261–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657941 Pub…
The American Presidency. Richard M. Pious
The Democratic National Telethons: Their Successes and Failure
Promoting Policy Theory: Revising the Arenas of Power
The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics
Journal Article The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics. By Robert J. Spitzer. (Westport: Greenwood, 1987. xii + 154 pp. $29.95.) Get access Eva R. Rubin Eva R. Rubin North Carolina State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1395–1396, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894511 Published: 01 March 1988
Sociology
The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics
Journal Article The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics, by Robert J. Spitzer. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1987, xii + 154 pp. $29.95 Get access Ted G. Jelen Ted G. Jelen Illinois Benedictine College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 49, Issue 2, Summer 1988, Pages 190–191, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711018 Published: 01 July 1988
Religion and Politics in the United States
The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics
Exhibits Preface Introduction Single-Issue Parties in American History A Party is Born: Abortion and the Right To Life Party Activists and Identifiers Party Decay, Party Renewal, and Hybrid Multi-Partyism Epilogue Appendixes Bibliography Index
The Presidential Veto: Touchstone of the American Presidency
Journal Article The Presidential Veto: Touchstone of the American Presidency. By Robert J. Spitzer. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988. xx + 181 pp. Cloth, $34.50; paper, $10.95.) Get access Randall W. Bland Randall W. Bland Southwest Texas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Page 924, https://doi.org/10.2307/293646…
Complexity and Induction: A Rejoinder to Kellow
From Complexity to Simplicity: More on Policy Theory and the Arenas of Power
sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.”Edward Albee The Zoo Story (1959
Unborn Persons: Pope John Paul II and the Abortion Debate
Liberalism and Juridical Democracy, or What's Interesting About Interest Group Liberalism
Why is The End of Liberalism important? This work is not without its flaws or critics, but it is indisputably important—not because it is right, although I believe it largely is—but because it is provocative, stimulating, and pertinent to both scholai and practitioner. The Culprit One of the more revealing and less pedantic kiss-and-tell books to come out of a presidential administration was David Stockman's (1987) The Triumph of Politics . In it…
Presidential Prerogative Power: The Case of the Bush Administration and Legislative Power
Both the campaign and early administration of George Bush trumpeted a theme of a more centrist, lower-volume, less confrontational approach to politics and governing. Aspects of both the campaign and the administration seemed to belie this pledge, from the Willie Horton ads to the fight over the Tower nomination and the invasion of Panama. Still, the prevailing tone and style of the Bush administration during its first year seemed far less stride…
Appraising Bush
President and Congress: Executive Hegemony at the Crossroads of American Government
Journal Article President and Congress: Executive Hegemony at the Crossroads of American Government. By Robert J. Spitzer. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. xxiv, 309 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-56639-016-8.) Get access James W. Davis James W. Davis Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages …
The Disingenuous Presidency: Reagan’s Veto and the “Make-My-Day” President
In many respects, the presidential veto is an under-appreciated litmus test of presidential activism and power with respect to the legislative realm. This article offers insights on the interplay of symbols and actions in the Reagan presidency by examining the administration’s use of veto powers and veto issues, including Reagan’s veto rhetoric versus reality, veto strategies, and veto threats. These examples support the conclusion that Reagan so…
The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections
The End of the Republican Era
Journal Article The End of the Republican Era. By Theodore J. Lowi. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. xx, 275 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-80612701-5.) Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New York, Cortland, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Pages 1299–1300, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945277 Published: 01 D…
The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto
Journal Article The Constitutionality of the Presidential Line-Item Veto Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer ROBERT J. SPITZER is professor of political science at SUNY Cortland. His books include President and Congress and The Politics of Gun Control. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 112, Issue 2, Summer 1997, Pages 261–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657941 Pub…
A Third Choice
A Third Choice. Prod. by Melissa Mathis. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1996. 57 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053) Get access Robert J. Spitzer Robert J. Spitzer State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1173–1174, https://…
Clinton's Impeachment Will Have Few Consequences for the Presidency
T he Clinton crisis that dominated news headlines in 1998 and early 1999 yielded no dearth of emphatic pronouncements about its consequences for the institution of the presidency. While some commentators downplayed its likely adverse consequences, most public debate was rife with dire predictions.' Before considering the merits of these dire predictions, three qualifications invite mention. First, in assessing the impact of the Clinton scandal on…
The Law: The “Protective Return” Pocket Veto: Presidential Aggrandizement of Constitutional Power
This article discusses the all‐but‐unknown practice of recent presidents to exercise a so‐called “protective return” veto, whereby presidents simultaneously exercise both a return veto and a pocket veto for individual bills. Defended by recent administrations as a defense of the existing pocket veto power, this article argues that it is in fact an attempt to create a practical absolute veto, a power rejected by the Constitution's founders. Veto h…
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action
A Guide to Publishing Your First Book: Seven Modest Tips on Publishing
As part of its mission to address issues of recruitment, retention, and integration of women and people of color in the profession, the APSA Task Force on Mentoring periodically publishes articles on some aspect of mentoring that will help political scientists move successfully through the profession. This brief symposium on “Publishing Your First Book” is just one such example of this initiative. For more information about the Task Force and its…
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