The rule of law is a foundation of the liberal state. The US ‘War on Terror’ under Presidents Bush and Obama threatened and violated the rule of law in multiple ways. This article surveys those challenges and analyses how US institutions responded in order to assess the capacity of the legal system to resist political pressure in moments of crisis.

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法律的战争，法律的审判

法治是自由国家的基础。在布什总统和奥巴马总统领导下的美国“反恐战争”以多种方式威胁和违反法治。本文对这些挑战进行了调查，并分析了美国机构如何应对，以评估法律体系在危机时刻抵抗政治压力的能力。