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Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Hearing on 'Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government'

Heidi Kitrosser
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-20

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This written testimony was prepared for a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution. The hearing was entitled "Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government," and was held on April 30, 2008. In the testimony, I discuss how the U.S. Constitution balances secrecy's dangers against the need for some government secrecy. I explain that many actions of the current administration subvert this careful constitutional design.

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Date posted: May 05, 2008 ; Last revised: July 28, 2008

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Kitrosser, Heidi, Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Hearing on 'Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government' (April 30, 2008). Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-20. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1129302

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Heidi Kitrosser (Contact Author)

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law ( email )

229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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