JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE BUSY SEASON. After five years during which Congress has abetted the president's power-grabs in the name of fighting terrorism, recent court decisions have forced the legislative branch finally to take action -- for better or worse. Jonathan Hafetz offers a primer on the issues, including surveillance and detainee policy, that Congress will be confronting this fall, with the opportunity either to check the executive's claims of power or grant them official sanction.
--The Editors
