A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Unilateral Executive and the Separation of Powers

[Excerpt] “The United States Constitution vests all executive powers in a president. This is the unitary executive theory. By virtue of this, many believe the president is vested with the power to act unilaterally. This is the unilateral executive theory. However, the unilateral executive portends more than action. In reality, the unilateral executive theory provides an opportunity to implement a unilateral agenda. Thus, the aim of this paper is to consider executive power, the separation of powers, and the unilateral executive theory to determine if presidential power under the separation of powers doctrine is actually “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” With regard to this, we will consider the intentions of the framers, the text of the Constitution, and the mandates of governmental necessity.

Experimental surface flow patterns and flow-field phenomena of a delta-wing space-shuttle orbiter

Composite photographs of the surface flow and shadowgraphs of the shock wave pattern are presented that depict the hypersonic flow field of a typical delta wing space shuttle orbiter. Results from a wind tunnel test in air are given in side, oblique, and projected plan views for angles of attack from 0 to 60 deg. The tests were conducted at a Mach number of 7.4 and for Reynolds numbers based on body length of 6,000,000 and 9,000,000. The interrelationship is shown for the intersecting bow and wing leading edge waves with the surface flow for angles of attack for which: (1) the leading edge wave is attached, and (2) the leading edge wave is detached

Effects of angle of attack and bluntness on the shock-layer properties of a 15 deg cone at a Mach number of 10.6

Effects of angle of attack and bluntness on shock layer properties of cones at supersonic speed

Effects of reaction control system jet simulation on the stability and control characteristics of a 0.015-scale space shuttle orbiter model in the Ames Research Center 3.5-foot hypersonic wind tunnel

An experimental investigation was performed in the Ames Research Center 3.5-Foot Hypersonic Wind Tunnel to obtain detailed effects which interactions between the RCS jet flow field and the local orbiter flow field have on orbiter hypersonic stability and control characteristics. Six-component force data were obtained through an angle-of-attack range of 15 to 35 deg with 0 deg angle of sideslip. The test was conducted with yaw, pitch and roll jet simulation at a free-stream Mach number of 10.3. These data simulate two SSV reentry flight conditions at Mach numbers of 28.3 and 10.3. Fuselage base pressures and pressures on the nonmetric RCS pods were obtained in addition to the basic force measurements. Model 42-0 was used for these tests

Manipulation of a Bose-Einstein condensate by a time-averaged orbiting potential using phase jumps of the rotating field

We report on the manipulation of the center-of-mass motion (`sloshing') of a Bose Einstein condensate in a time-averaged orbiting potential (TOP) trap. We start with a condensate at rest in the center of a static trapping potential. When suddenly replacing the static trap with a TOP trap centered about the same position, the condensate starts to slosh with an amplitude much larger than the TOP micromotion. We show, both theoretically and experimentally, that the direction of sloshing is related to the initial phase of the rotating magnetic field of the TOP. We show further that the sloshing can be quenched by applying a carefully timed and sized jump in the phase of the rotating field.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure

Fast Hands-free Writing by Gaze Direction

We describe a method for text entry based on inverse arithmetic coding that relies on gaze direction and which is faster and more accurate than using an on-screen keyboard. These benefits are derived from two innovations: the writing task is matched to the capabilities of the eye, and a language model is used to make predictable words and phrases easier to write.Comment: 3 pages. Final versio

In Impartiality We Trust: A Commentary on Government Aid and Involvement with Religion

Ultimately, because true neutrality is not possible, nearly all government interaction with religion is to some degree friendly or hostile. One could argue, therefore, that government interaction with religion is inherently friendly or hostile in nature. As a consequence, establishing neutrality as the ideal misses the mark and has produced a swinging pendulum in the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. At one end of its arc the pendulum produces hostility towards religion and at the other end of the arc it produces friendliness towards religion. This is reflected in case law and in both early and modern government practices. Ultimately, the pendulum phenomenon must be brought to an end as it undermines uniformity, judicial economy, and societal stability. Because government interaction with religion is generally friendly or hostile in nature, the question then becomes whether to adopt a friendly or hostile approach. Of the two, for a myriad of reasons, it is better to adopt a friendly approach. Nonpreferentialism represents the ideal friendly approach. This is true for four reasons. First, nonpreferentialism does not require neutrality between religion and irreligion, which is more alighted with the original understanding of the Religious Clauses. Second, it is more consistent with the text of the Religion Clauses as the clauses themselves do not mandate government neutrality towards religion. Third, it would allow for nonpreferential aid to religious institutions, which perform many important social services. Finally, as Alexis de Tocqueville indicates, religion encourages morality. It is prudent to adopt a friendly approach, therefore, because such encouragement is key in producing government stability and longevity

Nous as the Ground of Aristotle\u27s Metaphysics?

This paper explores the implications of Aristotle\u27s puzzling suggestions that the possibility of first philosophy somehow depends on whether part of the soul is separable from material body. My Conjecture1 is that for Aristotle the science of metaphysics depends on a special activity of nous that grasps die self-identical essences which are objects of first philosophy, as distinct from physics and mathematics. From Aristotle\u27s perspective, of course, it is the existence of such essences that makes metaphysics possible, but it is arguable that without a corresponding mode of cognition this would not be a human science. It is a moot question whether it could be a divine science either, though one can argue that for Aristotle the divine mode of cognition, involving the complete identity of knower and known, represents the ideal to which human noetic activity aspires. Thus, in my title the term \u27nous’ refers to this higher-level noetic activity, as distinct from the basic noetic activity that is Common to all kinds of thinking. My argumentative strategy will be as follows. I begin with those passages in Metaphysics VI & XI where Aristotle makes his division of the theoretical sciences into physics, mathematics, and .first philosophy with respect to their different subject-matters. Next I correlate these with psychological passages in De Anima which deal with the relation between nous and different kinds of essences. Then I draw some parallels with Aristotle\u27s arguments in Metaphysics XII for the existence of an unmoved mover whose activity is purely noetic. Here we find exemplified the perfect identity of[ nous with its object which is possible for entities that are completely independent of matter and hence are pure actualities. Finally, I return to the earlier books of the Metaphysics in order to show that for Aristotle the principles and essences involved in first philosophy are only accessible through noetic insight. In this way I want to suggest that the activity of nous is foundational for metaphysics