Executive Power in Wartime

Executive Power in Wartime

President George W. Bush's sweeping assertions of authority as commander in chief have launched presidential power on a trajectory toward the realm of illimitable and unaccountable executive power, the nether world of American constitutionalism. If it has been demonstrated that the president as commander in chief possesses neither the power of war or peace, nor the constitutional power to deploy troops, with the exception of repelling a sudden attack against the United States, there remains the question of whether the office will bear the assertions of power attributed to it by President Bush. The vast ...