Jefferson’s ‘Shackles of Power’

'In the struggle between the executive and legislative branches, Gerhard Casper writes in his new book, Thomas Jefferson generally took a broad view of congressional power. But he was accused of trying to expand presidential authority during the 1803 debate on the Louisiana Purchase.'

By The People feature at Stanford Magazine.

See the Declaration of Independence in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 6, and in American State Papers, Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 43, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 40.