American Presidential Power and the War on Terror: Does the Constitution Matter?

116 Pages·2015·0.906 MB·English

by  Justin DePlato (auth.)

American Presidential Power and the War on Terror
DOI: 10.1057/9781137539625.0001
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137539625.0001
American Presidential
Power and the War
on Terror: Does the
Constitution Matter?
Justin DePlato
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Robert Morris University, USA
DOI: 10.1057/9781137539625.0001
american presidential power and the war on terror
Copyright © Justin DePlato, 2015.
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I dedicate this book to my wife, Angela
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Era of a War on Terror 1
1 The Founders’ Reasons and Justifications
for Presidential Emergency Power 13
2 President G. W. Bush and the
Hyper-unitary Approach to Waging the
War on Terror 41
3 President Obama, the Nobel Peace
Prize Winner and the War on Terror 85
Conclusion: The Republic Is in Danger 90
References 95
Index 103
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Acknowledgments
I thank the anonymous reviewers whose insightful critique
made this project much stronger. I thank the support of
my colleagues in the scholarship of the Presidency.
We are all trying to educate the populace on the powers
and limitations of the Presidency.
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Introduction: The Era
of a War on Terror
Abstract: America’s War on Terror is continuing since
September 11, 2001. President G. W. Bush and his successor
President Obama have led the USA into a proverbial
quagmire as the nation deploys troops, monies, and strategies
to combat the enemies in an ever-changing battlefield. First,
the nation waged war against al-Qaeda, now the nation
wages war against ISIS (ISIL). The face of terror is ever
changing and with it changes the American foreign policy to
combat the enemy. In this book, I examine the Presidential
prerogative to wage war against the terrorists and discover
that the presidents, so far, have disregarded the Constitution
as they determine what policy and what power to use when
attacking the enemies and in waging the War on Terror. The
findings in this book should cause concerns for all serious
readers and lovers of American liberty. During this War on
Terror, the nation is under the control of presidential decree
and orders, rather than deliberative Congressional policy.
DePlato, Justin. American Presidential Power and
the War on Terror: Does the Constitution Matter?
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
doi: 10.1057/9781137539625.0003.
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