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Federalism-Separation of Powers : Executive authority-Con
- Big Brother Is Watching
Added: 20-Dec-2005 | Hits: 94 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Independence Institute] Presentation by investigative journalist and author James Bamford, based on his new book, Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency.
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- Bush using a little-noticed strategy to alter the balance of power
Added: 9-Jan-2006 | Hits: 104 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[The Wichita Eagle] President Bush agreed with great fanfare last month to accept a ban on torture, but he later quietly reserved the right to ignore it, even as he signed it into law.
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- Could Terrorism Result In A Constitutional Dictator?
Added: 25-Aug-2005 | Hits: 274 Rating: 4.50 Votes: 2
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[FindLaw] FindLaw's John Dean asks: Will a Democracy In Crisis Transform Into Another Form of Government?
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- Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor
Added: 3-Jan-2006 | Hits: 52 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Wash. Post] A comprehensive report by the Washington Post detailing steps the administration has taken to empower the CIA to conduct a clandestine war against terrorists.
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- Did September 11 Cause a Constitutional Paradigm Shift?
Added: 25-Aug-2005 | Hits: 145 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[FindLaw] FindLaw's Ed Lazarus says conservatives believe certain legal constraints on governmental conduct, had been rendered counterproductive given the new exigencies facing the government.
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- Executive Orders and National Emergencies
Added: 29-Jun-2005 | Hits: 198 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Cato Inst.] Under a constitution dedicated to individual liberty and limited government—which divides, separates, and limits power—how did we get to a point where so many Americans think of government as embodied in the president and then liken him to a man running a business?
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- Full Speed Ahead
Added: 3-Jan-2006 | Hits: 59 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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After 9/11, Bush and Cheney pressed for more power and got it. Now, predictably, the questions begin. Behind the NSA spying furor.
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- George W. Bush's Impeachable Offenses
Added: 20-Dec-2005 | Hits: 79 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Independent Institute] George W. Bush, may win the prize for committing the most impeachable offenses of any recent president.
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- Has Bush Gone Too Far?
Added: 3-Jan-2006 | Hits: 76 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Time.com] The President's secret directive to let the NSA snoop without warrants sets off a furor.
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- Imbalance of Power
Added: 23-Jan-2006 | Hits: 108 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1
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[U.S. News and World Report] Bush has gotten a broad pass on his amplification of the commander in chief's prerogatives, which many Americans view as justified in the name of the war on terrorism. But there are growing signs of resistance.
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- No presidential monopoly on war power
Added: 27-Apr-2005 | Hits: 218 Rating: 3.00 Votes: 2
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The Supreme Court's first review of the Bush administration's handling of the war on terrorism may force a fundamental reordering of constitutional priorities, especially in the way the government may deal with individuals caught up in that war. Amid all the writing by the Justices in today's three historic rulings, no sentence stands out as vividly as this one, "A state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens."
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- The Eyes Have It
Added: 3-Jan-2006 | Hits: 29 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[US News.com] A string of revelations in recent weeks suggests that domestic spying programs may be far broader than previously thought.
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- The Imperial Presidency and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Years
Added: 29-Jun-2005 | Hits: 99 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Cato Inst.] Bold congressional action is needed to reclaim legislative authority over the war power and the treaty power.
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- The Nixon Syndrome
Added: 11-Jan-2006 | Hits: 48 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[New York Times] Bush essentially declared that the checks and balances do not apply to him, that he is above the law, that he knows better than the likes of Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton et al.
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- The Rise of the Shadow Warriors
Added: 13-Jul-2005 | Hits: 101 Rating: 0 Votes: 0
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[Brookings Inst.|Column] If Rumsfeld gets his way, administration hawks may soon start using special forces to attack or undermine other regimes on Washington's hit list—without the sort of crucial public debate that preceded the war in Iraq.
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