Law Practice
Dec. 27, 2008
Obama Faces Key Tests on Executive Power
With aggressive lawyering and a broad view of executive authority, President George W. Bush expanded boundaries of presidential power, perhaps further than any of his 42 predecessors. Will President-elect Barack Obama return some of that power?
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - With aggressive lawyering and a broad view of executive authority, President George W. Bush expanded boundaries of presidential power, perhaps further than any of his 42 predecessors. Administration attorneys crafted legal justifications for a wide range of actions, like detaining "enemy combatants" indefinitely and without charge at the legal limbos of Guantanamo Bay and black sites around...
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