Political discretion of President and Congress, [34], [35].
Power, diffusion of, in Congress, [92], [206]; irresponsible, [92], [93], [314]; and accountability, [283], [284].
Presidency, tendency to raise governors of States to the, [253].
President, the, and Supreme Court, relations between, [35]; independence and influence of, [41]; declining prestige of office of, [43]; belittled by growth of congressional power, [43]; and Cabinet, division of labor between, [45], [46]; veto power of, [52], [260]; and Senate, no real consultation between, [232] et seq.; irresponsible dictation of Senate to, [238], [239]; functional contrast of, with English Prime Minister, [249]; conditions surrounding choice of a, by convention, [250], [251]; character of usual functions of, [254]; not all of the Executive, [257]; relations of, to Cabinet, [258], [259]; De Tocqueville on position of, [266], n.; party relations of, [269]; party insignificance of, [270]; and Congress, defective means of coöperation between, [270], [271].
President of French Assembly, functions and powers of, [125], [126].
Presidents, character and influence of the early, [41]; decline of character of, along with crystallization of electoral system, [42]; real method of electing, [243] et seq.
Press, the, political influence of, in U. S., [305], [306], [319-321]; in England, subordinate to political leaders, [321].
Previous Question, [75], [90]; in the Senate, [211], n., [218].
Prime Minister, method of selecting a, in England and France, [248]; and President, contrast between, [249]; questions asked the, in House of Commons, [300].
Printing, prerogatives of Committee on, [71], [72]; of unspoken speeches, [91].