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Can Congress Ban People From Threatening To Burn The Quran? Yes: No Rights Are Absolute, Especially Amid Legitimate Safety Issues, Jessica D. Gabel
Can Congress Ban People From Threatening To Burn The Quran? Yes: No Rights Are Absolute, Especially Amid Legitimate Safety Issues, Jessica D. Gabel
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Manipulating And Hiding Terrorist Content On The Internet: Legal And Tradecraft Issues, Jack F. Williams
Manipulating And Hiding Terrorist Content On The Internet: Legal And Tradecraft Issues, Jack F. Williams
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Colonial Presumptions: The War On Terror And The Roots Of American Exceptionalism, Natsu Taylor Saito
Colonial Presumptions: The War On Terror And The Roots Of American Exceptionalism, Natsu Taylor Saito
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The United States' current "war on terror" has been framed as a struggle for "civilization"; one which requires a "new paradigm of international law." The rationale for the United States' selective self-exemption from otherwise applicable international law in conducting this war has been that new and imminent threats require the re-shaping of legal doctrines. This essay considers this rationale against the backdrop of three centuries of American visions and policies, and the legal justifications put forth to justify Euroamerican expansion. It concludes that the justifications for American exceptionalism have been remarkably consistent throughout its history and that, as a result, …