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The Enemies Briefcase

Secret powers and the presidency

In matters of foreign policy, Congress, and especially the Senate, was designed as a hedge against the abuses exhibited by European monarchs who for centuries had whimsically entangled their countries…

Owned by the Army

by Jonathan Stevenson,

Has the president lost control of his generals?

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Art by James McMullan,

The mendacity of hope

by Roger D. Hodge,

Vote Machine

by Scott Horton,

How Republicans hacked the Justice Department

2. The Courts

by Dahlia Lithwick,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” One way to know that George Bush is going to do something is for him to say he doesn’t believe in it. The most famous…

1. The Constitution

by David Cole,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” No one has captured George W. Bush’s understanding of constitutional law more precisely or presciently than Richard M. Nixon, who famously (and incorrectly) told David…

Republic or empire

by Chalmers A. Johnson,

A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States

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by Lewis H. Lapham,

Liberty under siege

by Walter Karp,

The Reagan Administration's taste for autocracy

Executive power

The Enemies Briefcase

Congressional Abdication

Owned by the Army

Untitled

The mendacity of hope

Vote Machine

2. The Courts

1. The Constitution

Republic or empire

Fade to black

Liberty under siege

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The Enemies Briefcase

Congressional Abdication

Owned by the Army

Untitled

The mendacity of hope

Vote Machine

2. The Courts

1. The Constitution

Republic or empire

Fade to black

Liberty under siege

November 1985

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