Title Bush, the detainees, and the Constitution : the battle over presidential power in the War on Terror / Howard Ball

Published Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2007] ©2007

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Description viii, 275 pages ; 24 cm Contents Presidential power versus the Constitution's limits on power -- Capturing the enemy -- Treatment of the enemy -- Bush versus the U.S. Supreme Court, round one, 2003-2004 -- Bush versus the U.S. Supreme Court, round two, 2004-2006 -- Bush trumps the U.S. Supreme Court : the 2006 Military Commissions Act Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject 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, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects. LC no. 2007021676 ISBN 9780700615292 cloth alkaline paper

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