How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?
Title | How Patriotic is the Patriot Act? PDF eBook |
Author | Amitai Etzioni |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2005-06-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135929963 |
In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respected public intellectual and communitarian thinker, charts a middle course, or third way 'between those who are committed to shore up our liberties but blind to the needs of public security, as well as those who never met a right they are not willing to curtail to give authorities an even freer hand.' This book will prove a useful guide for citizens looking for a thought provoking, well-reasoned and sober analysis of one of the hot button issues of our time.
Winter Warfare
Title | Winter Warfare PDF eBook |
Author | Amitai Etzioni |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Civil rights |
ISBN | 9780714646992 |
The US Patriot Act has been cast by its critics as the greatest threat to civil liberties since the Alien and Sedition Acts or the suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War.
How Would a Patriot Act?
Title | How Would a Patriot Act? PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn Greenwald |
Publisher | Working Assets Publishing |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Glenn Greenwald was not a political man — neither liberal nor conservative. To him, the U.S. was generally on track and would remain forever centrist. But all that has changed. Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our federal government, which threatens to alter our system of governing ourselves and our national character. This extremism is neither liberal nor conservative, but is driven by the Bush administration's radical theories of executive power. Greenwald writes that we cannot abide these unlimited and unchecked presidential powers if we are to remain a constitutional republic. Because when you answer to no one, you're not a president — you're a despot. This is one man's story of being galvanized into action to defend his country, and his concise and penetrating analysis of what is at stake for America when its president has secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a king. From 9/11 to the question of nuclear war in Iran, Greenwald shows how Bush's claims of unlimited power play out. In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald asks: how would a patriot act today?
The Right to Privacy
Title | The Right to Privacy PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel D. Brandeis, Louis D. Warren |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2018-04-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3732645487 |
Reproduction of the original: The Right to Privacy by Samuel D. Warren, Louis D. Brandeis
The Future of Terrorism
Title | The Future of Terrorism PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey W. Kushner |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780761908692 |
Subtitled 'Violence in the New Millennium', this provides an insight into this relatively new phenomenon in the United States.
Silencing Political Dissent
Title | Silencing Political Dissent PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Chang |
Publisher | Seven Stories Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2002-07-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781583224946 |
In her groundbreaking new book, Silencing Political Dissent, constitutional expert Nancy Chang examines how the Bush administration's fight against terrorism is resulting in a disturbing erosion of First Amendment rights and increase of executive power. Chang's compelling analysis begins with a historical review of political repression and intolerance of dissent in America. From the Sedition Act of 1798, through the Smith Act of the 1940s and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II, to the FBI's infamous COINTELPRO program of the 1960s, Chang recalls how during times of crisis and war, the U.S. government has unjustly detained individuals, invaded personal privacy, and hampered the free speech of Americans. Chang's expertise as a senior constitutional attorney shines through in the power and clarity of her argument. Meticulously researched and footnoted, Chang's book forces us to challenge the government when it is unpopular to do so, and to consider that perhaps "our future safety lies in the expansion, rather the contraction, of the democratic values set forth in the Constitution."
The Patriot Act
Title | The Patriot Act PDF eBook |
Author | Lauri S. Friedman |
Publisher | Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780737735253 |
Examines six controversial essays that debate the issue of the Patriot Act, and includes model essays, sidebar notes and guided exercises.