online archive
6:00PM
NOV 20 2007
The Terror Presidency
David J. Luban (Georgetown): On the Commander-in-Chief Power. From TNR, a review of The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration by Jack Goldsmith. The man behind the torture: David Cole reviews The Terror Presidency. A review of A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency by Glenn Greenwald. A review of Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy by Charlie Savage; and The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved Our Country — and Why It Can Again by Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes. Great president, or the greatest president: A review of The Evangelical President: George Bush's Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Throughout the World by Bill Sammon. More on Susan Faludi's The Terror Dream. George Bush wants another $50 billion for the Iraq war. Can the Democrats stand up to him this time? Markos Moulitsas wants to know. Mark Schmitt on the moral equivalent of optimism: If ever we needed a robust politics of national commitment and shared sacrifice, it is now.
