Fisher, Louis

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FISHER, Louis

FISHER, Louis. American, b. 1934. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: Sr. Specialist (Separation of Powers), Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1988- (Analyst, 1970-74; Specialist, 1974-88). Assistant Professor of Political Science, Queens College, Flushing, NY, 1967-70; Professor of Political Science and Law, American University, Washington, DC, 1975-77, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1976-77, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1990-95, School of Law, 1992-96, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1987, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1989, College of William and Mary (School of Law), Williamsburg, VA, 1990-92. Publications: President and Congress: Power and Policy, 1972; Presidential Spending Power, 1975; The Constitution Between Friends, 1978; The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive, 1981, 4th ed., 1998; Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President, 1985, 4th ed., 1997; Constitutional Dialogues: Interpretation as Political Process, 1988; American Constitutional Law, 1990, 5th ed., 2003; Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 1994; Presidential War Power, 1995; Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law, 1996, 3rd. ed., 2001; Congressional Abdication on War and Spending, 2000; Religious Liberty in America: Political Safeguards, 2002; Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal & American Law, 2003. Address: 520 Ridgewell Way, Silver Spring, MD 20902, U.S.A.