Power Without Constraint: The Post-9/11 Presidency and National Security - Edelson, Chris
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In a thorough comparison of the Bush and Obama administrations' national security policies, Chris Edelson demonstrates that President Obama and his officials have used softer rhetoric and toned-down legal arguments, but in key areas - military action, surveillance, and state secrets - they have simply found new ways to assert power without meaningful constitutional or statutory constraints.

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In a thorough comparison of the Bush and Obama administrations' national security policies, Chris Edelson demonstrates that President Obama and his officials have used softer rhetoric and toned-down legal arguments, but in key areas - military action, surveillance, and state secrets - they have simply found new ways to assert power without meaningful constitutional or statutory constraints.
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Chris Edelson is assistant professor of government in the School of Public Affairs and a fellow with the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, both at American University. He is the author of Emergency Presidential Power: From the Drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror, which was awarded the Crader Family Book Prize in American Values.