Quotation

Why not add this to your book or post it to your site/blog?

The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest. Taft, William Howard

Source: WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers, chapter 6, pp. 13940 . · This quote is filed under Uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Help your friends discover QB

• Biography
• Fans
• This quote in blogs