Permanent State of Emergency: Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law 9780773549203

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Permanent State of Emergency: Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law
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Table of contents :
Cover
PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 The Minimum Requirements of the Rule of Law
2 The Historical Development of the Rule of Law in the United States
3 Overbroad Authority Given to and Appropriated by the Executive after the 9/11 Attacks
4 The Response of the Judiciary to Executive Overreaching, 2003–12
5 Judicial Selection and Executive Branch Dominance
6 Congress’s Failure to Exercise Oversight
Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Index

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