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1	Presidential War Power more books like this by Louis Fisher add to wishlist The author examines how U.S. presidents have used their power to make war. Despite the fact that the Constitution specifically empowers Congress to delcare war, presidents since F.D.R. have routinely asserted the power to wage undeclared wars. Fisher argues for a rollback of this presidential power and a return to the framers' intent of reserving ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power more books like this by Joseph Margulies add to wishlist In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power explores that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror more books like this by John Yoo add to wishlist John Yoo, the key legal architect of the Bush administration's response to 9/11, delivers a fascinating insider account of the War on Terror. While America reeled from the cataclysmic events of September 11, 2001, Yoo and a skeletal staff of the Office of Legal Counsel found themselves on the phone with the White House. In a series of memos, Yoo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond more books like this by Jameel Jaffer add to wishlist When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. Over the next three years, it refined its narrative at the margins, but by and large its public position remained the same. Yes, ... see all copies from $6.27! new only from $12.56! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror more books like this by Frederick A O Schwarz, Jr., Aziz Z Huq add to wishlist A scathing portrait of contemporary executive power run amok, by the author of the original 1976 Church Committee report on executive abuse. ""In thirty-four years, I have repeatedly seen an erosion of the powers and the ability of the president of the United States to do his job.""--Vice President Dick Cheney Thirty years after the Church ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.01! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo more books like this by Murat Kurnaz, Jefferson Chase (Translator), Helmut Kuhn add to wishlist In October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanation and for a bounty of $3,000, the Pakistani police sold him to U.S. forces. He was first taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was severely mistreated, and then two ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Constitution and 9/11: Recurring Threats to America's Freedoms more books like this by Louis Fisher add to wishlist The announced purpose of U.S. antiterrorist policies after 9/11 was to bring democracy and the rule of law to the Middle East. At home, those values were regularly threatened by illegal, unconstitutional, secret, and unaccountable programs. The Bush administration claimed that terrorists hate America for its freedoms, yet its actions jeopardized ... see all copies from $6.32! new only from $11.89! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11 more books like this by John Yoo add to wishlist Since the September 11 attacks on the United States, the Bush administration has come under fire for its methods of combating terrorism. Waging war against al Qaeda has proven to be a legal quagmire, with critics claiming that the administration's response in Afghanistan and Iraq is unconstitutional. The war on terror - and, in a larger sense, the ... see all copies from $4.34! new only from $12.76! \| first editions \| SVS
9	State of Exception more books like this by Giorgio Agamben, Kevin Attell (Translator) add to wishlist Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to ... see all copies from $10.43! new only from $11.20! \| SVS
10	Emergencies and the Limits of Legality more books like this by Victor V Ramraj (Editor) add to wishlist Most modern states turn swiftly to law in an emergency. The global response to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States was no exception, and the wave of legislative responses is well-documented. Yet there is an ever-present danger, borne out by historical and contemporary events, that even the most well-meaning executive, armed with ... see all copies from $53.35! new only from $83.26!
11 view cover	Freedom or Security: The Consequences for Democracies Using Emergency Powers to Fight Terror more books like this by Michael Freeman add to wishlist Several democratic countries have used emergency powers to restrict or suspend individual liberties in order to fight terrorism more effectively. Emergency powers are controversial in their potential to undermine democracy and civil liberties. Freeman challenges popular arguments of both the supporters of emergency powers, who focus on their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.78! \| signed copies \| SVS
12 view cover	Civil Liberties Vs. National Security in a Post 9/11 World more books like this by M Katherine B Darmer (Editor), Stuart E Rosenbaum (Editor), Robert M Baird (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of articles addresses the conflict between the protection of civil liberties and the maintenance of national security in the face of terrorist threats. Aiming to make a balanced presentation of the issues, the volume contains selections ranging from the ACLU's critique of the USA Patriot Act to a defense by its chief architect. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Warrior-King: The Case for Impeaching George W. Bush more books like this by John Bonifaz, John Conyers, Congressman, Jr. add to wishlist What happens when a president violates the U.S. Constitution, resulting in the deaths of thousands? In Warrior-King, public interest lawyer John Bonifaz argues passionately that Bush did just that when he launched a first-strike invasion of Iraq without a congressional declaration of war. The framers of the Constitution, he argues, wanted to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism more books like this by John Nichols add to wishlist Stating that impeachment is as American as apple pie, Nichols offers a fearless call to Americans to hold their leaders accountable to democracy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.78! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution more books like this by Peter H Irons add to wishlist Through insightful analysis and rousing history, this book is a striking assessment of how the Constitution has been stretched, distorted, and violated to accommodate the drive to empire from Jefferson's day to our own. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	War and Responsibility: Constitutional Lessons of Vietnam and Its Aftermath more books like this by John Hart Ely add to wishlist Twenty years after the signing of the Paris Accords, the constitutional ambiguities of American involvement in the Vietnam War remain unresolved. John Hart Ely examines the overall constitutionality of America's role in Vietnam; and shows that Congress authorized each new phase of American involvement without committing itself to the stated aims ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Case more books like this by Alan Westin add to wishlist In his newly updated version of The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Case, Alan F. Westin provides a documentary portrait of historically important constitutional law case, 'Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, ' from its rise in a bargaining dispute in the steel industry during 1952 to the aftermath of its decision by the United States Supreme ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.68! \| first editions
18 view cover	Beyond the Law: The Bush Administration's Unlawful Responses in the "War" on Terror more books like this by Jordan J Paust add to wishlist Provides a detailed exposition of violations of international law authorized and abetted by secret memos, authorizations and orders of the Bush administration. It describes why several executive claims were in error, what illegal authorizations were given, what illegal interrogation tactics were approved, and what illegal transfers and secret ... see all copies from $9.94! new only from $10.56! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Constitutional Diplomacy more books like this by Michael J Glennon, J William Fulbright (Foreword by) add to wishlist Challenging those who accept or advocate executive supremacy in American foreign-policy making, this book proposes that we abandon the supine roles often assigned our legislative and judicial branches in that field. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $24.38! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Freedom Under Fire: U.S. Civil Liberties in Times of War more books like this by Michael Linfield, Ramsey Clark (Preface by) add to wishlist "The great wars we have fought for the sake of liberty have been accompanied, without exception, by the most draconian assaults on individual rights. This is the theme of Michael Linfield's Freedom Under Fire, and he documents it with examples from every war since the American Revolution."--The Progressive "Linfield demonstrates conclusively, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies more books like this by Clinton Lawrence Rossiter add to wishlist How should the United States be governed during times of crisis? Definitely not as we are in times of tranquility, asserts this classic study. The war on terrorism is a case in point. The horros of terror attacks on the United States have forced Americans to accept legislative changes that might be unthinkable at other times. The "inescapable ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $31.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Undeclared War: Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power more books like this by Edward Keynes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	From Chinese Exclusion to Guantanamo Bay: Plenary Power and the Prerogative State more books like this by Natsu Taylor Saito add to wishlist This study details historic applications of the plenary power doctrine, in which US courts allow the executive branch full power over groups of citizens without concomitant constitutional protection, showing that expansions of power aren't unique to the Bush administration but part of a troubling tradition that, according to the author, undermines ... see all copies from $9.89! new only from $11.89! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts more books like this by Eric A Posner, Adrian Vermeule add to wishlist In Terror in the Balance, Posner and Vermeule take on civil libertarians of both the left and the right, arguing that the government should be given wide latitude to adjust policy and liberties in the times of emergency. They emphasize the virtues of unilateral executive actions and argue for making extensive powers available to the executive as ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza more books like this by Lisa Hajjar add to wishlist This is a meticulously documented examination of Israeli military courts in the West Bank and Gaza strip. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $26.02! \| first editions

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