Power play : the Bush presidency and the Constitution /

Main Author: Pfiffner, James P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
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245 1 0 |a Power play :  |b the Bush presidency and the Constitution /  |c James P. Pfiffner. 
260 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Brookings Institution Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a xiv, 299 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
600 1 0 |a Bush, George W.   |d 1946- 
650 0 |a Executive power   |x History   |y 21st century  |z United States  
650 0 |a Presidents   |x History   |y 21st century  |z United States  
651 0 |a United States   |x Politics and government   |y 2001-2009. 
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