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  • Presidential Secrecy and the Law

    by Robert M. Pallitto, William G. Weaver ...
    A look at how U.S. presidents from Truman to George W. Bush employed secrecy and how it has affected the presidency and the American government.State secrets, warrantless investigations and wiretaps, signing statements, executive privilege?the executive branch wields many tools for secrecy. Since the middle of the twentieth century, presidents have used myriad tactics to expand and maintain a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Whistle Stop

    Kenny Dorham, Jazz, and the Journey of a Texas Family

    by Robert M. Pallitto, John A. Melendez ...
    Series series American Made Music Series
    Whistle Stop traces the remarkable life of trumpeter and composer Kenny Dorham (1924–1972), whose journey from rural Texas to the forefront of modern jazz mirrors the broader story of Black resilience and creativity in twentieth-century America. Dorham was born in Freestone County to a sharecropping family whose roots stretch back to Reconstruction, when his great-grandfather owned and farmed land ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Torture and State Violence in the United States

    A Short Documentary History

    Edited by Robert M. Pallitto ...
    The war on terror has brought to light troubling actions by the United States government which many claim amount to torture. But as this book shows, state-sanctioned violence and degrading, cruel, and unusual punishments have a long and contentious history in the nation.Organized around five broad thematic periods in American history—colonial America and the early republic; slavery and the ... Read more

    $25.39 USD

  • Bargaining with the Machine

    Technology, Surveillance, and the Social Contract

    by Robert M. Pallitto ...
    Cell phone apps share location information; software companies store user data in the cloud; biometric scanners read fingerprints; employees of some businesses have microchips implanted in their hands. In each of these instances we trade a share of privacy or an aspect of identity for greater convenience or improved security. What Robert M. Pallitto asks in Bargaining with the Machine is whether ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • In the Shadow of the Great Charter

    Common Law Constitutionalism and the Magna Carta

    by Robert M. Pallitto ...
    In the Supreme Court’s 2008 ruling on whether Guantanamo detainees could be barred from U.S. courts, Justice Anthony Kennedy cited the U.S. Constitution, of course. But he also linked the decision to the Magna Carta. Why would a twenty-first century judge,even under the extraordinary circumstances of the “war on terror,” invoke a document signed by an English king in the thirteenth century? To ... Read more

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