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In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case
Louis Fisher
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Description for In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case
Hardcover. When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia in 1948, the victims' families were denied access to crucial information relating to the accident because the federal government claimed such access would endanger national security. When the Supreme Court upheld that claim in United States v Reynolds (1953), a new precedent was established. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia in 1948, the victims' families were denied access to crucial information relating to the accident because the federal government claimed such access would endanger national security. When the Supreme Court upheld that claim in United States v. Reynolds (1953), a new precedent was established, allowing the executive branch to assert an all-encompassing ""state secret privilege"" as a basis for withholding information from public scrutiny. For more than fifty years, that decision has been viewed with apprehension by a great many scholars and citizens, who feel it has fostered a dangerous cult of secrecy ... Read more
When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia in 1948, the victims' families were denied access to crucial information relating to the accident because the federal government claimed such access would endanger national security. When the Supreme Court upheld that claim in United States v. Reynolds (1953), a new precedent was established, allowing the executive branch to assert an all-encompassing ""state secret privilege"" as a basis for withholding information from public scrutiny. For more than fifty years, that decision has been viewed with apprehension by a great many scholars and citizens, who feel it has fostered a dangerous cult of secrecy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700614646
SKU
V9780700614646
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About Louis Fisher
Louis Fisher is a senior scholar in the Law Library at the Library of Congress. A former Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, he is author of more than a dozen books, including Presidential War Power, Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President, and Military Tribunals and Presidential Power, all ... Read more
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