POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Liberal Democracy, Just War Theory
16 Dec 2015
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Terrorism shutdown of flights on the day of 9/11. Approval ratings matter in democrats -> bush poised to make bold moves. Militant democracy is the use of legal restrictions on political expression and participation in curbing religious actions extremist actors in democratic regimes. Liberal democracy all political views are entitled to same rights of expression and association. The only way to stop fascist party to use democratic ways is to adopt special measures. Militant democracy is a reasonable response under war on terror. What kind of threats should be considered in order to warrant militant democracy. President bush has over 1000 signing statements to challenge laws that have been passed. Systems of check and balance each elected body has independent power. Detention of citizens without probable cause -> illegal detention made legal by. Invasion of iraq was due to them having nuclear weapons to attack israel.
