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Intro -- THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY: REFORM LESSONS FROM THE GEORGE W. BUSH ERA -- THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY: REFORM LESSONS FROM THE GEORGE W. BUSH ERA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 REINING IN THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY: LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- PREFACE: DECONSTRUCTING THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY -- I. The September 25, 2001 War Powers Memorandum -- II. Critique of John Yoo's Flawed Theory of Presidential Supremacy -- III. The Need for a Judiciary Committee Staff Report -- SECTION 1 - POLITICIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE -- I. Politicization of the Prosecution Function -- A. Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys and other Department Personnel -- B. Selective Prosecution -- II. Politicization of the Civil Rights Division -- A. Factual Background -- B. Committee Actions -- III. Findings -- Politicization of the Prosecution Function -- Politicization of the Civil Rights Division and Voting Rights Enforcement -- SECTION 2 - ASSAULT ON INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY: DETENTION, ENHANCED INTERROGATION, GHOSTING AND BLACK SITES, EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION, WARRANTLESS DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND EXIGENT LETTERS -- I. Detention -- A. Factual Background -- October 2001 Domestic War Powers Memorandum -- November 2001 Decision to Try Detainees, Including U.S. Citizens, in Military Commissions -- December 2001 Decision to Hold Detainees at Guantanamo -- The Administration's Public Defense of Its Guantanamo Policies -- B. The Bush Administration's Detention Policies in the Courts -- The President's Power to Detain an American Citizen Captured in Afghanistan Without Judicial Review (Hamdi) -- The President's Power to Establish Military Commissions to Determine Validity of Detention (Hamdan)

Gun-related violence remains an intractable problem despite a decline in the past decade. Some believe the solution lies in stricter gun control laws while others think these measures would be ineffective or counter-productive. Guns, Gun Control, and Elections examines current gun control policy and explains how it was adopted by discussing the roles and interactions of elected officials, interest groups, political parties, and the public. Original research on media coverage and public opinion as well as a chapter on state policy (Virginia) make the book both informative and accessible

Russian-Chinese relations : a chronological overview -- Russia and China as neighbors : border issues and regional relations in Asia -- The weakest link : economic relations between Russia and China -- Russian-Chinese military and military-technical relations -- The China factor in the border regions : the Russian Far East and Transbaikal area -- Political relations : defining the strategic partnership -- Conclusion : the emergent partnership