Not a suicide pact: the constitution in a time of national emergency / by Richard A. Posner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posner, Richard A., author.

Series:

Inalienable rights series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Inalienable rights series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

National security--Law and legislation--United States.

National security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. InNot 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

Contents:

How are constitutional rights created?

How does national security shape constitutional rights?

Rights against detention

Rights against brutal interrogation, and against searches and seizures

The right of free speech, with a comment on "profiling"

Rights of privacy.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772004-8

1-280-84640-2

0-19-804137-3

1-4294-4031-7

OCLC:

476010504