Silencing Political Dissent: How Post#September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil LibertiesSeven Stories Press, 2002 M07 9 - 168 pages 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." |
Contents
THE CONSTITUTION IN TURMOIL | 19 |
Criminalizing Political Dissent | 22 |
Interfering with the Right to Freedom of Political Association | 27 |
Targeting Perceived Enemies for Detention and Deportation | 37 |
HOW THE USA PATRIOT ACT UNDERMINES OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES | 43 |
Blurring the Line Between Ideology and Terrorism | 44 |
Toiling the Death Knell on Privacy | 46 |
Stripping Noncitizens of Constitutional Protections | 62 |
Monitoring the AttorneyClient Communications of Federal Inmates | 87 |
SILENCING POLITICAL DISSENT | 92 |
A Question of Patriotism | 93 |
Guilt By Association | 103 |
The Rise of Government Secrecy | 124 |
RECLAIMING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES | 135 |
NOTES | 138 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 167 |
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