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Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher: Brennan Center for Justice
Author(s): Aziz Huq
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Checks & Balances; Detention & Habeas Corpus; Domestic Counterterrorism
Type: Report
Abstract:
Executive Privilege. Extraordinary Rendition. Torture Memos and other secret legal opinions. Warrantless wiretapping. Indefinite detention. Suspension of habeas corpus. America’s system of checks and balances is eroding, upsetting the delicate balance of power set forth in the Constitution. Twelve Steps to Restore Checks and Balances proposes specific reforms designed to keep the nation secure and free, as the Constitution’s Framers intended. Twelve Steps offers a course of action that the current crop of presidential candidates, Congress, and the President can take to restore checks and balances.