Slim Legal Grounds for Torture Memos
Most Scholars Reject Broad View of Executive's Power
by R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post Staff Writer

Some legal scholars argue that the courts' decisions -- in combination with the administration's repudiation last week of an internal memo arguing that the president has the power to sanction torture -- amount to a permanent rebuke of the expansive view of presidential power that has underpinned numerous Bush administration policies, including an executive order establishing military tribunals that are not subject to judicial review.

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