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The Resource Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11, Jack Goldsmith

Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11, Jack Goldsmith

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Conventional wisdom holds that 9/11 sounded the death knell for presidential accountability. In fact, the opposite is true. The novel powers that our post-9/11 commanders in chief assumed--endless detentions, military commissions, state secrets, broad surveillance, and more--are the culmination of a two-century expansion of presidential authority. But these new powers have been met with thousands of barely visible legal and political constraints--enforced by congressional committees, government lawyers, courts, and the media--that have transformed our unprecedentedly powerful presidency into one that is also unprecedentedly accountable. These constraints are the key to understanding why Obama continued the Bush counterterrorism program, and in this light, the events of the last decade should be seen as a victory, not a failure, of American constitutional government. We have actually preserved the framers' original idea of a balanced constitution, despite the vast increase in presidential power made necessary by this age of permanent emergency.--Publisher description
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 311 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: checks and balances in an endless war
  • Part one. Continuity: the new normal; forces bigger than the president
  • Part two. Distributed checks and balances: accountability journalism; spies under a government microscope; warrior-lawyers; the GTMO bar
  • Part three. Assessment: the presidential synopticon
  • Afterword: after the next attack
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9780393081336
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Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11
Title
Power and constraint
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the accountable presidency after 9/11
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Jack Goldsmith
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Conventional wisdom holds that 9/11 sounded the death knell for presidential accountability. In fact, the opposite is true. The novel powers that our post-9/11 commanders in chief assumed--endless detentions, military commissions, state secrets, broad surveillance, and more--are the culmination of a two-century expansion of presidential authority. But these new powers have been met with thousands of barely visible legal and political constraints--enforced by congressional committees, government lawyers, courts, and the media--that have transformed our unprecedentedly powerful presidency into one that is also unprecedentedly accountable. These constraints are the key to understanding why Obama continued the Bush counterterrorism program, and in this light, the events of the last decade should be seen as a victory, not a failure, of American constitutional government. We have actually preserved the framers' original idea of a balanced constitution, despite the vast increase in presidential power made necessary by this age of permanent emergency.--Publisher description
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Goldsmith, Jack L
Dewey number
352.23/50973
Index
index present
LC call number
JK511
LC item number
.G62 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Presidents
  • Executive power
  • Separation of powers
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Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11, Jack Goldsmith
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Copyright
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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Contents
Introduction: checks and balances in an endless war -- Part one. Continuity: the new normal; forces bigger than the president -- Part two. Distributed checks and balances: accountability journalism; spies under a government microscope; warrior-lawyers; the GTMO bar -- Part three. Assessment: the presidential synopticon -- Afterword: after the next attack
Control code
ocn738350092
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 311 pages
Isbn
9780393081336
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(hardcover)
Lccn
2011048261
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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  • 1072635
  • (Sirsi) o738350092
  • (OCoLC)738350092
Label
Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11, Jack Goldsmith
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: checks and balances in an endless war -- Part one. Continuity: the new normal; forces bigger than the president -- Part two. Distributed checks and balances: accountability journalism; spies under a government microscope; warrior-lawyers; the GTMO bar -- Part three. Assessment: the presidential synopticon -- Afterword: after the next attack
Control code
ocn738350092
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xvi, 311 pages
Isbn
9780393081336
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2011048261
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 1072635
  • (Sirsi) o738350092
  • (OCoLC)738350092

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