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| Program Number | S0951 |
| Title | A Conservative Quarrel |
| PBS Number | 2219 |
| Moderator | - |
| Host | Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. |
| Guest(s) | 1) Eastland, Terry. - sometime Justice Department official in the Reagan
Administration, currently a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy
Center, author of Energy in the Executive 2) Lind, Michael. - Executive Editor of The National Interest |
| Taped on | Nov 30, 1992 (New York City, NY) |
| Broadcast Date | Dec 13, 1992 |
| Duration | 30 minutes (or hh:mm:ss) |
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| Summary | As WFB recounts, conservatives' esteem for the different branches of government has gone up and down over the decades; at present, none of the three looked especially appealing. Mr. Eastland's book, subtitled The Case for the Strong Presidency, is the springboard for a discussion which, although polite in tone, goes in substance beyond the level of "quarrel" to total war. ML: "I find it rather disturbing that in recent decades conservatives, because they happen to control one branch of government, the Executive Branch, started recycling ... the anti-legislative arguments which the authoritarians in the Weimar Republic, for example, rehearsed. Their argument was: The Reichstag is nothing but a collection of special interests, it's completely corrupt, whereas the President, Hindenburg, or the Chancellor somehow stands above parties ..." |
| Subject Heading(s) | Separation of powers -- United States. Presidents -- United States. Executive power -- United States. Conservatism -- United States. Eastland, Terry. Energy in the executive : the case for the strong presidency. United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993. United States. Congress. |
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