Suchergebnisse

"You're Hired!": Trump and the Electoral College -- "The End of My Presidency": Trump and Enforcing the Law -- "I Need Loyalty!": Trump and the Revolt of the Bureaucracy -- Draining the Swamp: The President's Power to Reverse -- "We Have to Have Borders": Trump and Immigration -- America First: Trump and Foreign Policy -- Fire and Fury: Trump at War -- "See You in the Supreme Court": The Trump Judiciary -- "You're Fired!": Impeaching the President.

'Point of Attack' argues that the time has come to replace the international rules of war. Current law permits nations to resort to force only in self-defence or under UN authority, which perversely allows mass civilian killings, civil wars, weapons proliferation, and terrorism to run rampant. A new approach should allow the great powers to intervene when a war would benefit global welfare more than the costs.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Introduction -- 1 War -- 2 The Geneva Conventions -- 3 Assassination -- 4 The Patriot Act -- 5 The Nsa And Wiretapping -- 6 Guantanamo Bay -- 7 Interrogation -- 8 Military Commissions -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

John Yoo examines the constitutional framework for decisions about foreign affairs, particularly the powers of war and peace. He points out that from Truman and Korea to Clinton's intervention in Kosovo, US presidents have had to act decisively on the world stage without a declaration of war.