Civil Liberties Vs. National Security In A Post 9/11 World

by DARMER, M. KATHERINE B.BAIRD, ROBERT M.

• ISBN13: 9781591022343
• ISBN10: 1591022347
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This collection of articles addresses the conflict between the protection of civil liberties and the maintenance of national security in the face of terrorist threats. Aiming to make a balanced presentation of the issues, the volume contains selections ranging from the ACLU's critique of the USA Patriot Act to a defense by its chief architect.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(12)
M. Katherine B. Darmer
PART ONE: CIVIL LIBERTIES IN WARTIME: AN OVERVIEW
Inter Arma Silent Leges	23	(8)
William Rehnquist
Lost Liberties: Ashcroft and the Assault on Personal Freedom	31	(12)
Aryeh Neier
Selections from the US Constitution	43	(6)
Habeas Corpus Statute: 28 United States Code, Section 2241. Power to Grant Writ	49	(4)
PART TWO: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE
Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society	53	(28)
Jay Stanley
Barry Steinhardt
Kyllo v. United States	81	(8)
No Checks, No Balances: Discarding Bedrock Constitutional Principles	89	(16)
Stephen J. Schulhofer
Freedom and Security after September 11	105	(10)
Viet D. Dinh
Fear as Institution: 9/11 and Surveillance Triumphant	115	(20)
Christian Parenti
PART THREE: RACIAL PROFILING
Korematsu v. United States	135	(12)
Profiling in the Wake of September 11: The Precedent of the Japanese American Internment	147	(10)
Frank H. Wu
The Skies Won't Be Safe until We Use Commonsense Profiling	157	(6)
Stuart Taylor Jr.
Racial Profiling Revisited: ``Just Common Sense'' in the Fight against Terror?	163	(12)
David A. Harris
Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies	175	(14)
PART FOUR: INTERROGATING SUSPECTS AND TORTURE
Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be Tortured? A Case Study in How a Democracy Should Make Tragic Choices	189	(26)
Alan M. Dershowitz
Torture Should Not be Authorized	215	(4)
Philip B. Heymann
In Torture We Trust?	219	(10)
Eyal Press
Interrogating Suspected Terrorists: Should Torture Be an Option?	229	(22)
John T. Parry
Welsh S. White
PART FIVE: HABEAS CORPUS AND ``ENEMY COMBATANTS''
Ex Parte Quirin	251	(12)
Padilla v. Rumsfeld	263	(32)
No President Is above the US Constitution	295	(4)
Nat Hentoff
Erring on Enemy Combatants	299	(4)
PART SIX: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President from US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel	303	(14)
A Plunge from the Moral Heights	317	(4)
Richard Cohen
A Crucial Look at Torture Law	321	(4)
John C. Yoo
Rumsfeld v. Padilla	325	(8)
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld	333	(34)
Contributors	367	(2)
Index	369