Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power

Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Author: Joseph Margulies
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780743286862

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Weaving together firsthand accounts of military personnel who witnessed the interrogations with the words of the prisoners themselves, Margulies exposes the chilling reality of Guantanamo Bay.

Guant namo and the Abuse of Presidential Power

Guant  namo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Author: Joseph Margulies
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2006
Genre: Due process of law
ISBN: OCLC:1149380448

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Bush the Detainees and the Constitution

Bush  the Detainees  and the Constitution
Author: Howard Ball
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: UOM:39015070728913

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Focuses on the recent "Enemy Combatant Cases" to provide a stern critique of the legal and constitutional basis for the enormous expansion of presidential power during the Bush administration's "War on Terror," and the challenges (especially in the Supreme Court) that such expansion has inspired.

Unchecked and Unbalanced

Unchecked and Unbalanced
Author: Frederick August Otto Schwarz,Aziz Z. Huq
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: UOM:39015066840359

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A scathing portrait of contemporary executive power run amok, by the author of the original 1976 Church Committee report on executive abuse.

Selling Guant namo

Selling Guant  namo
Author: John Hickman
Publsiher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780813047195

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In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and the steady stream of prisoners delivered there from half a world away. The Bush administration gave various rationales for the detention of the prisoners captured in the War on Terror: they represented extraordinary threats to the American people, possessed valuable enemy intelligence, and were awaiting prosecution for terrorism or war crimes. Both explicitly and implicitly, journalists, pundits, lawyers, academics, and even released prisoners who authored books about the island prison endorsed elements of the official narrative. In Selling Guantánamo, John Hickman exposes the holes in this manufactured story. He shines a spotlight on the critical actors, including Rumsfeld, Cheney, and President Bush himself, and examines how the facts belie the “official” accounts. He chastises the apologists and the critics of the administration, arguing that both failed to see the forest for the trees.

Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power

Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power
Author: Louis Fisher
Publsiher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780700624676

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In the fourth of the Federalist Papers, published in 1787, John Jay warned of absolute monarchs who "will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it." More than two centuries later, are single executives making unilateral decisions any more trustworthy? And have the checks on executive power, so critical in the Founders' drafting of the Constitution, held? These are the questions Louis Fisher pursues in this book. By examining the executive actions of American presidents, particularly after World War II, Fisher reveals how the Supreme Court, through errors and abdications, has expanded presidential power in external affairs beyond constitutional boundaries—and damaged the nation's system of checks and balances. Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power reviews the judicial record from 1789 to the present day to show how the balance of power has shifted over time. For nearly a century and a half, the Supreme Court did not indicate a preference for which of the two elected branches should dominate in the field of external affairs. But from the mid-thirties a pattern clearly emerges, with the Court regularly supporting independent presidential power in times of "emergency," or issues linked to national security. The damage this has done to democracy and constitutional government is profound, Fisher argues. His evidence extends beyond external affairs to issues of domestic policy, such as impoundment of funds, legislative vetoes, item-veto authority, presidential immunity in the Paula Jones case, recess appointments, and the Obama administration's immigration initiatives. Fisher identifies contemporary biases that have led to an increase in presidential power—including Supreme Court misconceptions and errors, academic failings, and mistaken beliefs about "inherent powers" and "unity of office." Calling to account the forces tasked with protecting our democracy from the undue exercise of power by any single executive, his deeply informed book sounds a compelling alarm.

Presidential War Power

Presidential War Power
Author: Louis Fisher
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: UOM:39015059116692

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For this new edition, Louis Fisher has updated his arguments to include critiques of the Clinton & Bush presidencies, particularly the Use of Force Act, the Iraq Resolution of 2002, the 'preemption doctrine' of the current U.S. administration, & the order authorizing military tribunals.

Emergency Presidential Power

Emergency Presidential Power
Author: Chris Edelson
Publsiher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780299295332

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Can a U.S. president decide to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely without charges or secretly monitor telephone conversations and e-mails without a warrant in the interest of national security? Was the George W. Bush administration justified in authorizing waterboarding? Was President Obama justified in ordering the killing, without trial or hearing, of a U.S. citizen suspected of terrorist activity? Defining the scope and limits of emergency presidential power might seem easy—just turn to Article II of the Constitution. But as Chris Edelson shows, the reality is complicated. In times of crisis, presidents have frequently staked out claims to broad national security power. Ultimately it is up to the Congress, the courts, and the people to decide whether presidents are acting appropriately or have gone too far. Drawing on excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court opinions, Department of Justice memos, and other primary documents, Edelson weighs the various arguments that presidents have used to justify the expansive use of executive power in times of crisis. Emergency Presidential Power uses the historical record to evaluate and analyze presidential actions before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The choices of the twenty-first century, Edelson concludes, have pushed the boundaries of emergency presidential power in ways that may provide dangerous precedents for current and future commanders-in-chief. Winner, Crader Family Book Prize in American Values, Department of History and Crader Family Endowment for American Values, Southeast Missouri State University