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Can a U.S. president decide to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely without charges, or secretly monitor telephone conversations and e-mails without a warrant in the interest of national security? Was the George W. Bush administration justified in authorizing waterboarding? Was President Obama justified in ordering the killing, without trial or hearing, of a U.S. citizen suspected of terrorist activity? Defining the scope and limits of emerg...

Defining the scope and limits of emergency US presidential power might seem easy—just turn to Article II of the Constitution. But as Chris Edelson shows, the reality is complicated. Drawing on excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court opinions, Department of Justice memos, and other primary documents, Edelson weighs the various arguments that presidents have used to justify the expansive use of executive power in times of crisis.

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.