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Ball, Howard, 1937-

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

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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	342.062 B21b 2007	---	Available

Description	viii, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	War and emergency powers.
	Executive power.
	Presidents.
	Constitutional law.
	Political prisoners.
	Civil rights.
	Terrorism -- Prevention.
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects.
ISBN	9780700615292 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0700615296 (cloth : alk. paper)