Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency (repost)
Richard A. Posner - Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN: 0195304276 | edition 2006 | PDF | 208 pages | 2 mb
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN: 0195304276 | edition 2006 | PDF | 208 pages | 2 mb
Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens–many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated protests. In Not a Suicide Pact, Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public safety in the face of grave national danger. Critical of civil libertarians who balk at any curtailment of their rights, even in the face of an unprecedented terrorist threat in an era of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Posner takes a fresh look at the most important constitutional issues that have arisen since 9/11.