Challenging American Exceptionalism
Category: POLITICS
American exceptionalism reflects the belief that Americans are somehow better than everyone else. This view reared its head after the 2013 leak of a Department of Justice White Paper that describes circumstances under which the President can order the targeted killing of U.S. citizens.
By Marjorie Cohn, ContributorProfessor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2015-04-28