Book contents
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- A Note from the Editor
- Part I The National Security State in Perspective
- Part II Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
- 4 The National Security State Gone Awry: Returning to First Principles
- 5 The Illiberal Experiment: How Guantánamo Became a Defining American Institution
- 6 National Security and Court Deference: Ramifications and Worrying Trends
- 7 The Zealotry of “Terrorism”
- 8 Reimagining the National Security State: Illusions and Constraints
- Part III The Future Imagined
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
6 - National Security and Court Deference: Ramifications and Worrying Trends
from Part II - Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2019
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Book contents
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- A Note from the Editor
- Part I The National Security State in Perspective
- Part II Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
- 4 The National Security State Gone Awry: Returning to First Principles
- 5 The Illiberal Experiment: How Guantánamo Became a Defining American Institution
- 6 National Security and Court Deference: Ramifications and Worrying Trends
- 7 The Zealotry of “Terrorism”
- 8 Reimagining the National Security State: Illusions and Constraints
- Part III The Future Imagined
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Laura Pitter describes the institutionalization of practices and procedures that have virtually stymied national security litigation in US courts. She surveys the evolution of habeas litigation, the deterioration of principles underlying attorney-client privilege, the overaggressive claims based on the states secrets doctrine, and the overclassification of material relevant to these cases. Ultimately, she questions the relationship between these policies and security itself.
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- Reimagining the National Security StateLiberalism on the Brink, pp. 89 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019