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it has simply not been a big part of his direction as a politician. In general, Obama has been more involved and identified with domestic issues, working as a “community” poverty activist in Chicago and then going to law school to come back to Chicago to go into politics there. He was...
The administration argued that it was not obliged to grant basic constitutional protections to the prisoners, because the base was outside U.S. territory; nor was it required to observe the Geneva Conventions regarding the treatment of prisoners of war and civilians during wartime, because the ...
George W. Bush’s other achievements during his presidency. The War in Iraq and ongoing issues with the War on Terrorism will overshadow anything else that Bush was able to achieve during his time in the White House. But, it is important to stay balanced and remember some of the positive ...
George W. Obama? Is it too soon to speak of the Bush-Obama presidency? The record shows impressive continuities between the two administrations, and nowhere more than in the policy of "force projection" in the Arab world. With one war half-ended in Iraq, but another doubled in size and...
In practice, that means establishing resource centers for supporting the rule of law, constitutional reform, fighting corruption and strengthening democratic institutions in those countries that request help in establishing them, while staying out of those countries where such efforts are not welcome." ...
his open and flagrant disregard for law and the unwritten norms that have helped preserve and protect our resilient yet fragile system of government which depends on the constitutional separation of powers and the need for compromise in order to keep us from falling in into an authoritarian and ...
But the Constitution undeniably prohibits various types of discrimination with respect to issues that are not themselves constitutional rights. For example, there is no constitutional right to receive Social Security benefits. But it would still be unconstitutional for the federal government to adopt a ...
George W. Bushcongressional oversightpresidential powerDuring his two terms in office, President George W. Bush dramatically increased the use of the signing statement to make constitutional objections to more thanSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
2012. "Comparing the Constitutional Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama: War Powers, Signing Statements, Vetoes." Presented at the Conference on Change in the White House? Comparing the Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Hofstra University, April 19....