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Power play the Bush presidency and the Constitution /

Main Author: Pfiffner, James P.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Bush, George W. > 1946-
Executive power > History > 21st century. > United States
Presidents > History > 21st century. > United States
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10338474
Table of Contents:
  • A government of laws or men?
  • The nature of executive power
  • Creating individual rights and an independent legislature
  • The American Constitution
  • The power to imprison : habeas corpus
  • The power to torture
  • The power to surveil
  • The power to ignore the law : signing statements
  • Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.

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