Loose Lips Sink Ships
Reblogged from terrorismlawseminar:
Jack Goldsmith’s Power and Constraint tells the story of how the novel and often controversial powers utilized by post-9/11 Presidents were checked by a diverse set of political and legal constraints. The complex moves and counter-moves by all three branches of the government, coupled with the easy-to-underestimate impact made by other institutions such as the public press, ultimately produced a very powerful but very accountable presidency.
