The ACS helped organize a discussion group with five NESL professors on the Executive and the separation of powers. The faculty discussed the legitimate powers and authority of the Executive Branch, including the Administration’s justifications for domestic spying, the limit on access to public documents, detention without charge, extraordinary rendition and “aggressive” interrogation, in the context of the war on terror.

The program was sponsored by both the NESL Center for Law and Social Responsibility’s LawMatters Series and the American Constitution Society.