Emergency presidential power
Subtitle: from the drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror
By: Chris Edelson
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780299295301
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; War and emergency powers; Executive power
Description: Annotation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Constitution and emergency presidential power; title: Presidential power in the young republic: Washington's Neutrality proclamation, a "half-war" with France, and the Alien and Sedition Acts; title: Lincoln and the wartime constitution; title: Setting limits on wartime power: the Ex parte Milligan decision; title: Expanded presidential power during World War II: Nazi saboteurs and military commissions; title: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; title: The Youngstown steel seizure case: the Court sets limits on presidential power; title: Nixon, Watergate, and a bid for unbridled presidential power; title: Emergency presidential power at its zenith: the Bush administration and the unitary executive; title: Detaining and trying suspected terrorists; title: Torture in the War on Terror; title: Warrantless wiretapping: presidential power to set aside acts of Congress?; title: Detention and military commissions under the Obama administration; title: The state secrets privilege: emergency presidential power by another name?; title: The Obama administration and military action in Libya.