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Louis Fisher - Nazi Saboteurs on Trial, Inbunden

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Nazi Saboteurs on Trial

A Military Tribunal and American Law

Av Louis Fisher

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Although huge in scope and impact, the 9/11 attacks were not the first threat by foreign terrorists no American soil. During World War II, eight Germans landed in the USA bent on sabotage. Caught before they could carry out their missions, under FDR's presidential proclamation they were hauled before a secret military tribunal and found guilty. Meeting in an emergency session, the Supreme Court upheld the tribunal's authority. Justice was swift: six of the men were put to death - a sentence much more harsh than would have been allowed in a civil trial. The author chronicles the capture, trial and punishment of the Nazi saboteurs in order to examine the extent to which procedural rights are suspended in time of war. He provides an inside look at the judicial deliberations, drawing on the 3,000-page tribunal transcript, Supreme Court records and the private papers of the justices and executive officials involved. He also analyzes the deep disagreements within the Roosevelt administration.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2003-04-22
  • Mått: 146 x 225 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 333 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 200
  • Förlag: University Press of Kansas
  • ISBN: 9780700612383
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Louis Fisher is Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Among his books are Presidential War Power (see page 33), Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President, and Religious Liberty in America (see page 36)

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After 9/11, American civil liberties seem to have entered an Alice-in-Wonderland rabbit hole featuring indefinite detentions and predetermined verdicts - so very similar, as Fisher reminds us, to the wild departures from due process that characterized this famous 1942 case. Robert Justin Goldstein, author of Flag Burning and Free Speech; ""Fisher's fascinating and important account of the Supreme Court's decision in Ex parte Quirin reveals how poorly the justices resisted wartime pressures and how badly they failed to protect rights guaranteed by the constitution."" Michal R. Belknap, author of The Vietnam War on Trial: The My Lai Massacre and the Court Martial of Lieutenant Calley; ""One can only hope that Fisher's compelling account enjoys a wide circulation."" Jonathan Lurie, author of Military Justice in America

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