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Read * Long Wars and the Constitution PDF by * Stephen M. Griffin eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Long Wars and the Constitution Truman’s decision to fight in Korea without gaining that consent was unconstitutional, says Griffin, but the acquiescence of Congress and the American people created a precedent for presidents to claim autonomy in this arena ever since. Griffin rethinks the long-running debate over the “imperial presidency” and concludes that the eighteenth-century Constitution is inadequate to the challenges of a post-9/11 world.The Constitution requires the consent of Congress before the Unit
| Title | : | Long Wars and the Constitution |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674058283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
In doing so, Griffin brings a credible approach that will generate debate among scholars of presidential, congressional, and diplomatic/foreign policy studies. Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War)Long Wars and the Constitution is one of the most important books on constitutional theory in a long time and should fundamentally reshape the debate about presidential authority to embark on wars without Congressional approval. Michael Bitzer Choice 2014-02-01) . In evaluating post-9/11 military decisions, Griffin presents a critical reevaluation of the pre-9/11 era, shaped b
Griffin is Rutledge C. . Clement, Jr., Professor in Constitutional Law at Tulane Law School. Stephen M
Brien Hallett said A Realist's View of the War Powers Debate. In Long Wars and the Constitution, Stephen Griffin wants to push, pull, and drag scholarly discussions of the congressional power "to declare war" out of the rut it has fallen into. He proposes to do this by abandoning legalistic debates over either the text or its origins. In their place, he proposes to set the constitutional text into its larger political and security context. When done, the larger political and security context impact
Truman’s decision to fight in Korea without gaining that consent was unconstitutional, says Griffin, but the acquiescence of Congress and the American people created a precedent for presidents to claim autonomy in this arena ever since. Griffin rethinks the long-running debate over the “imperial presidency” and concludes that the eighteenth-century Constitution is inadequate to the challenges of a post-9/11 world.The Constitution requires the consent of Congress before the United States can go to war. The unthinking extension of presidential leadership in foreign affairs to a point where presidents unilaterally decide when to go to war, Griffin argues, has destabilized our constitutional order and deranged our foreign
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