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Writer for the New York Times and author of The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power
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Jonathan Mahler
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FROM Jonathan Mahler
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Has the Bush Administration Taken Presidential Power Too Far? If Bill Clinton's impeachment was a curb on the excesses of the executive branch, it didn't last long. Even some Republicans concede that George W. Bush claimed unprecedented presidential authority, which may have led to violations of law. Now some constitutional lawyers advocate high-level prosecutions for torturing prisoners, spying without warrants, and denying American citizens basic rights. Are such trials needed to re-establish the rule of law or is it better to move on?
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Victory for Bin Laden's Driver at Guantanamo Sentencing In America's first war-crimes trial since World War II, a six-officer military commission found Osama bin Laden's former driver guilty of supporting terrorism. The prosecution asked that same jury for a sentence of 30 years. Instead, it gave Salim Hamdan 66 months in prison…with credit for 61 already served. Carol Rosenberg is in Guantánamo Bay for the Miami Herald. Jonathan Mahler is author of the new book, The Challenge : Hamdan versus Rumsfeld.
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