Bush, the detainees, and the Constitution
Subtitle: the battle over presidential power in the War on Terror
By: Howard Ball.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780700615292
Subjects: War and emergency powers -- United States; Executive power -- United States; Presidents -- United States; Constitutional law -- United States; Political prisoners -- United States; Civil rights -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidential power versus the Constitution's limits on power; title: Capturing the "enemy"; title: Treatment of the "enemy"; title: Bush versus the U.S. Supreme Court, round one, 2003-2004; title: Bush versus the U.S. Supreme court, round two, 2004-2006; title: Bush trumps the U.S. Supreme Court: the 2006 Military Commissions Act.