{"product_id":"terrorism-and-the-constitution-sacrificing-civil-liberties-in-the-name-of-national-security-paperback","title":"Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames X. Dempsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Talanian\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9\/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Cole is the George Mitchell Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center. He is also a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the legal affairs correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System\u003c\/i\u003e, the American Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eEnemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable\u003c\/i\u003e and is a co-author (with James Dempsey) of \u003ci\u003eTerrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Jules Lobel) of \u003ci\u003eLess Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by The New Press. He lives in Washington, D.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames X. Dempsey is executive director at the Center for Democracy and Technology and former assistant counsel to the U.S. House of Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Constitutional Rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52751672344909,"sku":"9781565849396","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/s6OkHcu6k29781565849396.webp?v=1762912525","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/terrorism-and-the-constitution-sacrificing-civil-liberties-in-the-name-of-national-security-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}