The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Centur... - 9780300253108

Yale University Press

The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First CenturyAuthor(s): Harold Hongju Koh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Yale University Press, United States\nImprint: Yale University Press\nISBN-13: 9780300253108, 978-0300253108\nSynopsis\nA deeply researched, fully updated edition of The National Security Constitution that explores the growing imbalance of institutional powers in American foreign affairs and national security policy\n Since the beginning of the American Republic, a package of norms has evolved in the [url] Constitution to protect the operation of checks and balances in national security policy. This National Security Constitution promotes shared powers and balanced institutional participation in foreign policymaking. Today it is under attack from a competing claim of executive unilateralism generated by recurrent patterns of presidential activism, congressional passivity, and judicial tolerance. This dynamic has pushed presidents of both parties to press the limits.