# National Security and the Rule of Law

Law Librarian Rubens Medina and his staff hosted a panel discussion on "National Security and the Rule of Law." A part of the Law Library's Speaker Series, the program commemorated Constitution Day and was co-sponsored by the Constitution Project. Charlie Savage, Pulitzer-prize winning author and Boston Globe journalist, was presented with the Constitution Project's Award for Constitutional Commentary. Savage then presented a lecture covering many topics from his recent book "Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy." Following the lecture, Savage was joined by Mickey Edwards, former Congressman from Oklahoma and director of the Aspen Institute's Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and James Thurber, distinguished professor of government and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project, moderated the discussion, which focused on the NSA surveillance program, the politicization of the Justice Department, the debate over torture and the detention of "enemy combatants," presidential signing statements and administration secrecy policies.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2007
- By: Law Library Of Congress (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687878/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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