Takeover : the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy / Charlie Savage.
A critical investigation into how the Bush-Cheney administration has worked to increase presidential power at the cost of democratic constitutional balance reveals a range of questionable executive practices, from wiretapping and conservative judicial nominations to torture and imprisonment without trial.
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- ISBN: 0316118044 : HRD
- Physical Description: vii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Inside the bunker -- The fall of the imperial presidency and the rise of Dick Cheney : 1789-1976 -- "A cabal of zealots" : 1977-2000 -- The agenda -- "Behind closed doors" : secrecy I -- The unleashing : laws and treaties I -- "A hollow shell" : secrecy II -- The perseverance and the purge : laws and treaties II -- The torture ban -- Power of the pen : signing statements -- "To say what the law is" : the Supreme Court -- Discipline and control : the Executive Branch -- The politics of presidential power. |
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