Judicial Review as Soft Power: How the Courts Can Help Us Win the Post-9/11 Conflict

Authors

Dawinder S. Sidhu, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Abstract

This Article seeks to answer these questions. In this Article, I will argue that the American response to Islamic terrorist factions must move outside the military sphere in which battles are fought between arms and men to a more conceptual contest for hearts and minds, where the ammunition in this abstract war will be fundamental American principles, particularly a constitutional commitment to the rule of law, and where advancements in the war will be based on incrementally increased attraction to America. This approach will speak to one’s will and conscience in an effort to secure a more lasting respite from the ongoing struggles that have no foreseeable end in sight, have been attended by suffering and sorrow, and have claimed a growing number of victims on all sides.

Publisher

American University

Publication Title

National Security Law Brief

Volume

1

Issue

1

First Page

69

Recommended Citation

Dawinder S. Sidhu, Judicial Review as Soft Power: How the Courts Can Help Us Win the Post-9/11 Conflict, 1 National Security Law Brief 69 (2009).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/269