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- Title
The Law Barack Obama and Civil Liberties.
- Authors
Pyle, Christopher H.
- Abstract
Most Americans would like to believe that no person is above the law. When President Richard M. Nixon claimed such powers, he was driven from office. When President George W. Bush authorized the torture of prisoners, that abuse was viewed as an aberration. But, as this article documents, President Barack Obama is squarely in the Nixon- Bush tradition of presidential power. In shielding the torturers from prosecution, he has preserved kidnapping and torture as options, while asserting unreviewable authority to assassinate foreigners and American citizens by remote controlled drones. These developments have transformed the American presidency into a modern version of the Stuart monarchies, at least where allegations of national security are concerned.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; TORTURE; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; PRISONERS of war; LEGAL status of terrorists; ATROCITIES in the Iraq War, 2003-2011; UNITED States politics &; government, 2009-2017
- Publication
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 4, p867
- ISSN
0360-4918
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-5705.2012.04022.x