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Presidential Power [51min]

Critics charge that this administration has extended its power beyond Congressional oversight and judicial review. We talk about the limits of Presidential authority and ongoing concerns regarding domestic surveillance. Guests: Lee Casey, lawyer in private practice, former Justice Department official in the Reagan adminstration and the first Bush administration; David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of Enemy Aliens and Terrorism and the Constitution; and Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group.
Read entire article at WAMU "The Diane Rehm Show"