Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush : Final Report to...
- ISBN-10
- 1437915701
- ISBN-13
- 9781437915709
- Category
- Abuse of administrative power
- Pages
- 539
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- John Conyers
Description
Documents the various abuses that occurred during the Bush Admin. relating to the House Judiciary Committee¿s review and jurisdiction, and to develop a comprehensive set of recommendations to prevent the recurrence of these or similar abuses in the future. Contents: Preface: ¿Deconstructing the Imperial Presidency,¿ which describes and critiques the key war power memos that gave rise to the concept of broad-based, unreviewable, and secret presidential powers in time of war. Also describes specific abuses of the Imperial Presidency relating to Judiciary Comm. inquiries. Includes a comprehensive set of 47 policy recommendations designed to respond to the abuses and excesses of the Bush Imperial Presidency.
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- 2009-07-01
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- Simon and Schuster
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- 2009-07
- 486 pages
- Paperback
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