Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power: Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential PowerSimon and Schuster, 3 iul. 2006 - 336 pagini In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power explores that policy and the intense debates that have followed. Written by an expert on the subject, one of the lawyers who fought -- and won -- the right for prisoners to have judicial review, this important book will be of immense interest to liberals and conservatives alike. With shocking facts and firsthand accounts, Margulies takes readers deep into the Guantánamo Bay prison, into the interrogation rooms and secret cells where hundreds of men and boys have been designated "enemy combatants." Held without legal process, they have been consigned to live out their days in isolation until the Bush administration sees fit to release them -- if itever does. Margulies warns Americans to be especially concerned by the administration's assertion that the Presidentcan have unlimited and unchecked legal authority. Tracing the arguments on both sides of the debate, this vitally important book paints a portrait of a country divided, on the brink of ethical collapse, where the loss of personal freedoms is under greater threat than ever before. |
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... Constitution. —Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 All men of military genius are fond of centralization, which increases their strength; and all men of centralizing genius are fond of war, which compels nations to combine ...
... Constitution. —Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 All men of military genius are fond of centralization, which increases their strength; and all men of centralizing genius are fond of war, which compels nations to combine ...
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... Constitutional Rights in New York, and Clive Stafford Smith, then in New Orleans. Our case was consolidated with a similar case brought by the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, under the leadership of Tom Wilner, Neil Koslowe, and ...
... Constitutional Rights in New York, and Clive Stafford Smith, then in New Orleans. Our case was consolidated with a similar case brought by the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, under the leadership of Tom Wilner, Neil Koslowe, and ...
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... Constitutional Rights and one of the country's foremost human rights advocates. The prisoners in Cuba were eventually allowed to send a single-page letter to their families, censored by the United States and delivered by the ...
... Constitutional Rights and one of the country's foremost human rights advocates. The prisoners in Cuba were eventually allowed to send a single-page letter to their families, censored by the United States and delivered by the ...
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... constitutional power as commander in chief. The precise scope of the president's war power is notoriously ill defined and the subject of endless constitutional debate. It is indisputably true, however, at least as a historical matter ...
... constitutional power as commander in chief. The precise scope of the president's war power is notoriously ill defined and the subject of endless constitutional debate. It is indisputably true, however, at least as a historical matter ...
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... Constitution “knew—the history of the world told them—the nation they were founding, be its existence short or long, would be involved in war; how often or how long continued, human foresight could not tell; and that unlimited power ...
... Constitution “knew—the history of the world told them—the nation they were founding, be its existence short or long, would be involved in war; how often or how long continued, human foresight could not tell; and that unlimited power ...
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THE FUTURE OF CAMP DELTA | 201 |
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Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power Joseph Margulies Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2006 |
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