Presidential Powers

Presidential Powers: Prudence or Perversion? Playing Jeopardy

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

If we're playing Jeopardy, and we are, this would be the answer: It's the real no-brainer answer to the legal and ethical questions posed by the ...

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Know Your 1,138 Marital Privileges, Courtesy of the Feds

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

The report also makes it clear that some of the 1,000+ laws identified "may not directly create benefits, rights, or privileges" for married people.

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From Guantanamo to Accountability and Beyond

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arlene M. Roberts

President-elect Obama made known his intention to close the Guantanamo detention facility. The projected closure raises a plethora of issues.

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As Congress Lay Dying

David Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Swanson

The only possible path to truly transformative democratic change lies in re-empowering and reforming Congress.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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