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Parent topics
- U.S. constitutional law [r]: Interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution, the principal authority for which being the Supreme Court of the United States [e]
- President of the United States of America [r]: Head of State of the United States of America; elected through an electoral college; appointer of cabinet members and federal judges (with Senate confirmation) [e]
- Prerogative power [r]: A legal doctrine that empowers a Head of State or government to act beyond the laws of a nation, when the supreme national interests of that nation are involved [e]
Subtopics
Actions under it
- Korean War [r]: (1950-1953) war on the Korean peninsula in which about 3 million people died (mostly civilians), begun when North Korea, backed by China, attempted to overrun South Korea, which had been placed under the control of U.S.-led United Nations forces after the surrender of Japan at the end of WW II. [e]
- Gulf of Tonkin incident [r]: An incident or incidents between U.S. and North Vietnamese naval forces in August 1964, the details of which remain unclear to both sides; perceived as an attack on U.S. forces and used by Lyndon B. Johnson to obtain the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing large-scale combat involvement in the Vietnam War [e]
- Covert action [r]: Any of a range of activities, intended to affect the behavior of a target nation or non-national actor, where the fact of the action is known, but the responsibility for the action cannot be proven. [e]
- Extraordinary rendition, U.S. [r]: General United States policy and laws regarding the transfer of a person of interest to another country, without going through formal international extradition but possibly through other administrative hearings [e]
Legal analysis
- Office of Legal Counsel [r]: Within the U.S. Department of Justice, the office that gives legal opinions on complex interagency and constitutional matters to the rest of the Executive Branch, including the Counsel to the President and the Attorney General [e]
- David Addington [r]: U.S. lawyer, closely affiliated with Dick Cheney, who is an advocate of extremely strong Presidential power [e]
- Jay Bybee [r]: Currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a law professor, he was Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush Administration, and had a prominent role in legal opinions related to intelligence interrogation|interrogation of prisoners]] [e]
- Jack Goldsmith [r]: US law professor specializing in international law; former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush Administration [e]
- Alberto Gonzales [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Haynes II [r]: General counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense during the George W. Bush Administration [e]
- Harold Koh [r]: Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State (2009-); on leave from a professorship of international law at Yale Law School, where he has been the Dean [e]
- Sanford Levinson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Yoo [r]: Professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law since 1993; between 2001 and 2003; deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel, working on separation of powers, presidential authority, intelligence interrogation|intelligence interrogation]] and extraordinary rendition; Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute [e]
Political proponents
- Bill Clinton [r]: Democratic politician (1946– ), President of the United States of America 1993–2001, and husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [e]
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney [e]
- Federalist Papers [r]: 85 articles written in 1787-88 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay campaigning for adoption of the U.S. Constitution. [e]