The Age Of Deference: The Supreme Court, National Security, And The Constitutional Order

Rudenstine's [book] traces the [Supreme] Court's role in the rise of judicial deference to executive power since the end of World War II. He [posits that], in case after case, going back to the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies, the Court has ceded authority in national security matters to the executive branch. Since 9/11, the executive faces even less oversight. According to Rudenstine, this has had a negative impact both on individual rights and on our ability to check executive authority when necessary--

• | Author: David Rudenstine
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 345 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Law
• | ISBN-10: 0199381488
• | ISBN-13: 9780199381487