Presidential Secrecy And The Law

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Presidential Secrecy And The Law

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Author : Robert M. Pallitto
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Release Date : 2007-05-01

Presidential Secrecy And The Law written by Robert M. Pallitto and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with Political Science categories.

A look at how U.S. presidents from Truman to George W. Bush employed secrecy and how it has affected the presidency and the American government. State secrets, warrantless investigations and wiretaps, signing statements, executive privilege?the executive branch wields many tools for secrecy. Since the middle of the twentieth century, presidents have used myriad tactics to expand and maintain a level of executive branch power unprecedented in this nation’s history. Most people believe that some degree of governmental secrecy is necessary. But how much is too much? At what point does withholding information from Congress, the courts, and citizens abuse the public trust? How does the nation reclaim rights that have been controlled by one branch of government? With Presidential Secrecy and the Law, Robert M. Pallitto and William G. Weaver attempt to answer these questions by examining the history of executive branch efforts to consolidate power through information control. They find the nation’s democracy damaged and its Constitution corrupted by staunch information suppression, a process accelerated when “black sites,” “enemy combatants,” and “ghost detainees” were added to the vernacular following the September 11, 2001, terror strikes. Tracing the current constitutional dilemma from the days of the imperial presidency to the unitary executive embraced by the administration of George W. Bush, Pallitto and Weaver reveal an alarming erosion of the balance of power. Presidential Secrecy and the Law will be the standard in presidential powers studies for years to come. “The well-organized and clearly written book illustrates the way the president’s use of document classification and state-secrets privilege to solidify presidential control are reinforced by legal decisions sympathetic to presidential power.” —Chronicle of Higher Education

Presidential Secrecy And Deception

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Author : John Orman
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1980-07-21

Presidential Secrecy And Deception written by John Orman and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-07-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Presidential Secrecy And Deception

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Author : John M. Orman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Presidential Secrecy And Deception written by John M. Orman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Deception categories.

Power Wars

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Author : Charlie Savage
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-03

Power Wars written by Charlie Savage and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Political Science categories.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state. Barack Obama campaigned on changing George W. Bush's "global war on terror" but ended up entrenching extraordinary executive powers, from warrantless surveillance and indefinite detention to military commissions and targeted killings. Then Obama found himself bequeathing those authorities to Donald Trump. How did the United States get here? In Power Wars, Charlie Savage reveals high-level national security legal and policy deliberations in a way no one has done before. He tells inside stories of how Obama came to order the drone killing of an American citizen, preside over an unprecendented crackdown on leaks, and keep a then-secret program that logged every American's phone calls. Encompassing the first comprehensive history of NSA surveillance over the past forty years as well as new information about the Osama bin Laden raid, Power Wars equips readers to understand the legacy of Bush's and Obama's post-9/11 presidencies in the Trump era.

The Law Of The Executive Branch

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Author : Dr. Louis Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-03

The Law Of The Executive Branch written by Dr. Louis Fisher and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-03 with Law categories.

The scope of presidential authority has been a constant focus of constitutional dispute since the Framing. The bases for presidential appointment and removal, the responsibility of the Executive to choose between the will of Congress and the President, the extent of unitary powers over the military, even the ability of the President to keep secret the identity of those consulted in policy making decisions have all been the subject of intense controversy. The scope of that power and the manner of its exercise affect not only the actions of the President and the White House staff, but also all staff employed by the executive agencies. There is a clear need to examine the law of the entire executive branch. The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power, places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers' intent, and more than two centuries of practice. In this book, Louis Fisher strives to separate legitimate from illegitimate sources of power, through analysis that is informed by litigation as well as shaped by presidential initiatives, statutory policy, judicial interpretations, and public and international pressures. Each provision of the US Constitution is analyzed to reveal its contemporary meaning in concert with the application of presidential power. Controversial issues covered in the book include: unilateral presidential wars; the state secrets privilege; extraordinary rendition; claims of "inherent" presidential powers that may not be checked by other branches; and executive privilege.

Presidents Secrets

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Author : Mary Graham
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01

Presidents Secrets written by Mary Graham and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Political Science categories.

Ever since the nation's most important secret meeting--the Constitutional Convention--presidents have struggled to balance open, accountable government with necessary secrecy in military affairs and negotiations. For the first one hundred and twenty years, a culture of open government persisted, but new threats and technology have long since shattered the old bargains. Today, presidents neither protect vital information nor provide the open debate Americans expect.

Unchecked And Unbalanced

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Author : Schwarz O.
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2011-05-10

Unchecked And Unbalanced written by Schwarz O. and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-10 with Political Science categories.

Thirty years after the Church Committee unearthed COINTELPRO and other instances of illicit executive behavior on the domestic and international fronts, the Bush administration has elevated the flaws identified by the committee into first principles of government. Through a constellation of non-public laws and opaque, unaccountable institutions, the current administration has created a “secret presidency” run by classified presidential decisions and orders about national security. A hyperactive Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice is intent on eliminating checks on presidential power and testing that power's limits. Decisions are routinely executed at senior levels within the civilian administration without input from Congress or the federal courts, let alone our international allies. Secret NSA spying at home is the most recent of these. Harsh treatment of detainees, “extraordinary renditions,” secret foreign prisons, and the newly minted enemy combatant designation have also undermined our values. The resulting policies have harmed counterterrorism efforts and produced few tangible results. With a partisan Congress predictably reluctant to censure a politically aligned president, it is all the more important for citizens themselves to demand disclosure, oversight, and restraint of sweeping claims of executive power. This book is the first step.

Presidential Privilege And The Freedom Of Information Act

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Author : Kevin M. Baron
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-01

Presidential Privilege And The Freedom Of Information Act written by Kevin M. Baron and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with Law categories.

Tells the story behind the development of the Freedom of Information Act and explores its legacy today The Freedom of Information Act, developed at the height of the Cold War, highlighted the power struggles between Congress and the president in that tumultuous era. By drawing on previously unseen primary source material and exhaustive archival research, this book reveals the largely untold and fascinating narrative of the development of the FOIA, and demonstrates how this single policy issue transformed presidential behaviour. The author explores the policy's lasting influence on the politics surrounding contemporary debates on government secrecy, public records and the public's 'right to know', and examines the modern development and use of 'executive privilege'.

Presidential Secrecy And The Law

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Author : Robert M. Pallitto
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2007-05

Presidential Secrecy And The Law written by Robert M. Pallitto and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05 with Law categories.

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The Law Of Presidential Power

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Author : Peter M. Shane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

The Law Of Presidential Power written by Peter M. Shane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In this volume, the authors offer a systematic overview of such topics as separation of powers, protecting the exercise of presidential functions, and executive privilege, including relevant cases and materials.