The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583226214 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires." In The War on the Bill of Rights-and the Gathering Resistance, nationally syndicated columnist and Village Voice mainstay Nat Hentoff draws on untapped sources-from reporters, resisters, and civil liberties law professors across the country to administration insiders-to piece together the true dimensions of the ongoing assault on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.. "The Constitution," said Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ominously in March 2003, "just sets minimums
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Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. ds of the book Hentoff does a most masterfull job of laying out how Bush and Co. have raped the guts right out of the Constitution. But at the same time while going through things I clearly picked up a strong thread of liberalism. Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. to "REAL GOOD IN SOME WAYS BUT" according to READERMANWC. When I first got the book in the mail and saw on the back a rather substantial plug from Judge Napolitano I thought,"OH WOW!!! This really must be an incredible book!"About the first 1/2 to 2/REAL GOOD IN SOME WAYS BUT When I first got the book in the mail and saw on the back a rather substantial plug from Judge Napolitano I thought,"OH WOW!!! This really must be an incredible book!"About the first 1/2 to 2/3ds of the book Hentoff does a most masterfull job of laying out how Bush and Co. have raped the guts right out of the Constitution. But at the same time while going through things I clearly picked up a strong thread of liberalism. Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. ds of the book Hentoff does a most masterfull job of laying out how Bush and Co. have raped the guts right out of the Constitution. But at the same time while going through things I clearly picked up a strong thread of liberalism. Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. /REAL GOOD IN SOME WAYS BUT When I first got the book in the mail and saw on the back a rather substantial plug from Judge Napolitano I thought,"OH WOW!!! This really must be an incredible book!"About the first 1/2 to 2/3ds of the book Hentoff does a most masterfull job of laying out how Bush and Co. have raped the guts right out of the Constitution. But at the same time while going through things I clearly picked up a strong thread of liberalism. Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. ds of the book Hentoff does a most masterfull job of laying out how Bush and Co. have raped the guts right out of the Constitution. But at the same time while going through things I clearly picked up a strong thread of liberalism. Rather than blowing the Patriot Act and Bush out of the water like he could, it doesn't take Hentoff long before he starts citing and referencing well kn. "An essential work for today's times" according to D. Smithee. This work is not nearly as disorganized as the Amazon.com review would suggest, but would have gotten five stars if an editor had tightened it up a bit.Nat Hentoff offers a succinct and revealing view of the 2001 "Patriot Act" the Bush II administration rushed through congress. In many cases the provisions of this law come in direct conflict with several of the first ten amendments and give our government, specifically the executive branch, frighteningly broad powers over the citizenry it is supposed to serve.Particulary scary is the President's new power to hold people . "The War on the United States Constitution, The Bill of Rights, the Rule of Law" according to James E. Egolf. " If Americans win a war (not just against Saddam Hussein) but the longer term struggle and lose the Constitution, they will have lost everything." (Lance Morrow from TIME, March 10,200The War on the United States Constitution, The Bill of Rights, the Rule of Law " If Americans win a war (not just against Saddam Hussein) but the longer term struggle and lose the Constitution, they will have lost everything." (Lance Morrow from TIME, March 10,2003). This is a meaningful quote from page 105 of Nat Hentoff's book titled THE WAR ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE GATHERING RESISTANCE. This quote is a good summary of the theme of the book which thoughtful readers should read and seriously ponder.The first sections of the book deal with inane, stupid remarks by government officials between 2001-2003. For example, Bush & co. said they were g. ). This is a meaningful quote from page 105 of Nat Hentoff's book titled THE WAR ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE GATHERING RESISTANCE. This quote is a good summary of the theme of the book which thoughtful readers should read and seriously ponder.The first sections of the book deal with inane, stupid remarks by government officials between 2001-200The War on the United States Constitution, The Bill of Rights, the Rule of Law " If Americans win a war (not just against Saddam Hussein) but the longer term struggle and lose the Constitution, they will have lost everything." (Lance Morrow from TIME, March 10,2003). This is a meaningful quote from page 105 of Nat Hentoff's book titled THE WAR ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE GATHERING RESISTANCE. This quote is a good summary of the theme of the book which thoughtful readers should read and seriously ponder.The first sections of the book deal with inane, stupid remarks by government officials between 2001-2003. For example, Bush & co. said they were g. . For example, Bush & co. said they were g
. NAT HENTOFF, a prolific author, journalist and weekly columnist in the Village Voice, has won the National Press Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism, and the American Bar Association Certificate of Merit for Coverage of the Criminal Justice System, as well as the Thomas Szasz Award fo
Bush and his administration--especially Attorney General John Ashcroft--have used the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 as a pretext for curtailing the privileges that have long been taken for granted in the United States, most notoriously with the so-called "Patriot Act." Hentoff's tone will not be to everybody's taste: he is unremittingly shrill and preachy--imagine Lenny Bruce without a sense of humor--but the barrage of evidence he has assembled is both persuasive and bi-partisan (he notes, for example, that conservative House Majority Leader Dick Armey and Republican Congressman Bob Barr have warned of a gradual erosion of constitutional rights). This is obviously a "quickie" book--digressive, reiterative, and poorly organized, as if it had been cut and pasted on the fly--and yet i