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100			_aVladeck, Stephen I. _932990
245			_aThe imperial presidency’s enablers: Why executive power grows unchecked
260			_aForeign Affairs
300			_a100(6), Nov-Dec, 2021: p.195-202
520			_aIn 1866, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Ex parte Milligan, which barred the federal government from trying civilians in ad hoc military tribunals when civilian courts were available. Writing for the majority, Justice David Davis spent several pages explaining the dangers of an unchecked executive. The United States, he said, “has no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution.” Instead, “wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and. Reproduced
773			_aForeign Affairs
906			_aPOLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
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