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Before the next attackBefore the next attack

Before the next attack2006

Bruce A. Ackerman

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Also includes information on aftermath of terrorist attack, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, civil liberties, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, courts, detainees, detention, due process, emergency constitution, emergency powers, emergency regime, existential crisis, extraordinary powers, Founding Fathers, framework statutes, freedom, habeas corpus writ, Iraq war, Abraham Lincoln, Jose Padilla, panic reaction, precedents of presidential powers, presidency, president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, rule of law, second strike, Second World War, secrecy, seizure, September 11, 2001, state of emergency, supermajoritarian escalator, terrorist attack, torture, United Kingdom, etc.

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First published
2006
OL Work ID
OL1932099W

Subjects

War and emergency legislationWar on Terrorism, 2001-TerrorismLaw and legislationPreventionTerrorism, united statesWar on terrorism, 2001-2009

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