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Emergency Presidential Power (Hardcover)
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Emergency Presidential Power (Hardcover)
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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 authorising 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
analyse 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.
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