Should the president have the power to order torture? Enhanced interrogation helps keep America safe / Richard B. Cheney ; Torture does not make America safer / Alfred W. McCoy ; Executive decisions about torture are morally ambiguous / Ross Douthat ; Executive use of torture shows an unambiguous contempt for the law / Glenn Greenwald ; Torture is sometimes justified / Jonah Goldberg ; Even though torture may be justified sometimes, it should always be illegal / Oren Gross

How much power should the president have to operate in secret? The state secrets privilege is necessary / Claudio Ochoa ; The state secrets privilege is dangerous / Henry Lanman ; Warrantless wiretapping is necessary and legal / Andrew C. McCarthy ; Warrantless wiretapping is illegal and unconstitutional / Russell Feingold

To what extent should the president be constrained by domestic law? Signing statements are reasonable in some cases / David Barron ... [et al.] ; The president should not use signing statements / Robert Justin Lipkin ; Congress should expand executive powers to detain and try suspects / Jeffrey Addicott ; Congress should limit executive powers to detain and try suspects / Arlen Specter

Is the president bound by international law? The president is not bound by the Geneva Conventions in dealing with terrorists / Jay Bybee ; The president is bound by the Geneva Conventions in wartime / Derek Jinks and David Sloss ; Extraordinary rendition violates international law / Sangitha McKenzie Millar ; Rendition does not violate international law / Niles Gardiner and James Jay Carafano ; The president should be held accountable by international courts / Jan Frel ; The president should not be answerable to international law / Andrew C. McCarthy.