• Introduction

1. Presidential Power and Constitutionalism

• Constitutionalism and Executive Power
• Dynamic Variables in Emergency Constitutionalism
• Emergencies and Constitutional Perspectives

2. Presidents and Constitutionalism

• President Lincoln: “Popular demand and public necessity”
• President Wilson: “if there should be disloyalty, it will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression”
• President Roosevelt: “every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage”
• President Truman: “Within the aggregate of his constitutional powers”

3. President Bush and Constitutionalism

• Torture
• Surveillance
• Detention

Conclusion: A Call for Executive Constitutionalism

• Presidential Power Claims and Constitutional Perspectives
• Executive Constitutionalism
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index

Scott M. Matheson is Professor of Law, University of Utah.