TY - BOOK AU - Savage,Charlie TI - Takeover: the return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy SN - 9780316118040 AV - E902 .S38 2007 U1 - 973.931 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown KW - Bush, George W. KW - Cheney, Richard B. KW - Executive power KW - United States KW - Official secrets KW - Right-wing extremists KW - Fanaticism KW - Presidents KW - Biography KW - Vice-Presidents KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Inside the bunker -- The fall of the imperial presidency and the rise of Dick Cheney : 1789-1976 -- "A cabal of zealots" : 1977-2000 -- The agenda -- "Behind closed doors" : secrecy I -- The unleashing : laws and treaties I -- "A hollow shell" : secrecy II -- The perseverance and the purge : laws and treaties II -- The torture ban -- Power of the pen : signing statements -- "To say what the law is" : the Supreme Court -- Discipline and control : the Executive Branch -- The politics of presidential power UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007013077.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007013077-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007013077-b.html ER -